The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has deleted its social media post that featured a map of India showing the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh — including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin — as Indian territory.
The graphic, shared on February 7 as part of an announcement on the bilateral interim trade framework between New Delhi and Washington, had drawn attention for departing from the longstanding American practice of marking PoK and Aksai Chin as disputed areas.
With the post now removed from the USTR’s official X account, the move is being seen as a reversal from the earlier depiction.
