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India in advance stage of talks for trade pact with US: Goyal
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 23 December 2025
India is at an advanced stage of negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement with the US, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
US Deputy Trade Representative Rick Switzer was recently here with his team to take stock of these talks.
The two-day talks concluded on December 11.
“We are already at an advanced stage in our discussions with the US,” Goyal said here while talking to the media about the conclusion of negotiations for the India-New Zealand free trade agreement.
He also said that India has so far finalised FTAs with three members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) alliance - Australia, UK and New Zealand.
The five countries of the intelligence sharing network are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US.
This story is from the Delhi 23 December 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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