US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that India is offering a bilateral trade agreement that would eliminate tariffs on a wide range of American products.

“They are offering us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariffs,” Trump said during a meeting with business leaders in Doha, Qatar, where he is on a state visit. He did not elaborate on the offer.

Trump also said he urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to abandon plans to expand manufacturing in India and instead focus on increasing production in the US. “Apple will be upping its production in the United States,” he added.

The two nations have been in active negotiations over a comprehensive Bilateral Trade Agreement. Officials from India’s Commerce Department and the Office of the US Trade Representative met in Washington from April 23–25, aiming to finalize the first phase of the deal by fall 2025.

The talks, which follow a prior round in New Delhi in March, focused on both tariff and non-tariff issues. According to India’s Commerce Ministry, discussions were productive, and further in-person meetings are planned from late May.

The agreement aligns with the leaders’ joint statement from February 2025, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump set a goal of boosting bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030 under “Mission 500.”