Indian team to visit Washington to advance trade agreement with US

India and the US will hold further talks this month in Washington to finalise an early tranche of the bilateral trade agreement, aiming for mutual tariff concessions

A team of officials from India will travel to Washington this month to continue discussions on the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between India and the United States (US).

 

“A team of officials is again going this month for the talks,” a senior government official said.

 

During the previous round of meetings held in Washington from 23–25 April, both sides discussed a pathway for “early mutual wins” or an early tranche of the proposed BTA. The meetings involved “fruitful discussions” on a wide range of issues, covering both tariff and non-tariff matters.

 

Last month, India and the US also initiated