Indian Negotiators to Visit US Again to Resume Trade Talk

WITH the Trump administration's deadline for imposing higher import tariffs on its trading partners shifted to August 1, Indian trade negotiators are likely to visit the US again to iron out the differences and seal a deal, government sources said.

- DIPAK MONDAL @New Delhi

India was expecting to sign an interim trade deal with the US ahead of the earlier deadline of July 9 but could not, due to differences over tariff rates on agriculture, dairy, and automobiles. The government decided to send the trade negotiators again after the earlier team led by Rajesh Agrawal, special secretary, Department of Commerce, returned without a deal in hand.