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US President Donald Trump administration’s chief negotiator Brendan Lynch is arriving in New Delhi tonight to hold a day-long talk on India-US bilateral trade deal, which were impacted after imposition of 50 per cent import tariffs by the US on Indian goods.
The meeting comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly reacted to US President Donald Trump’s positive assessment of trade ties between the two countries.
PTI had reported that as many as five rounds of negotiations for the India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) have been held, and the sixth round of talks, scheduled from August 25-29, was postponed following the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods by the US.
“We have indicated that in the past also the discussions are going on, the chief negotiator of the US is visiting India tonight and tomorrow will be holding talks to see what can be the picture.
“It is not the sixth round of negotiations but it is definitely discussions on the trade talks and trying to see how we can reach an agreement between India and the US,” Rajesh Agarwal, India’s chief negotiator and a special secretary in the commerce ministry said on Monday.
He further said India and the US have been engaged in discussions through virtual mode on a weekly basis.
“There have been discussions going on but we were not progressing much because the overall environment was not conducive. Now we see there is a window…,” the official said
