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India-US interim trade pact may be rolled out in April
Business Standard
|February 21, 2026
The interim trade agreement between India and the United States (US) is expected to be operationalised in April, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.
A delegation led by USTR Jamieson Greer may visit New Delhi around March-end to sign the interim trade deal, which has been finalised by both countries.
People aware of the matter said that while the details and the schedule of the visit are still being finalised, a team of officials headed by the chief negotiator of the India-US trade deal, Darpan Jain, is headed to Washington on Sunday to discuss and finalise the legal text of the deal.
The three-day negotiators meeting between the two will begin on February 23.
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