Indian trade-talks group to quickly go to Washington once more as India-US BTA negotiation enters quick lane

An Indian commerce ministry group will quickly go to Washington for one more spherical of talks with the US for a proposed commerce pact, a authorities official mentioned on Thursday.

The official mentioned that negotiations will occur on each interim and the primary section of the bilateral commerce settlement (BTA) throughout this go to.

The go to dates haven’t but been finalised. Nonetheless, sources are saying that the group is predicted to go to Washington subsequent week.

Earlier this month, the Indian group led by chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, returned from Washington after concluding talks on the pact.

This go to is important because the US has additional prolonged the imposition of further import duties (in case of India it’s 26 per cent) until August 1.