Trade deal with US...

THE INDIAN TEAM was led by additional secretary Rajesh Agrawal, who is also commerce secretary-designate.

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According to the sources, in the area of high-tech, India is seeking "parity treatment," which would effectively make Washington to be much more liberal in tech transfers.

While the US is keen on greater market access for farm goods and e-commerce besides data sharing and intellectual property rights (IPR), India is using the BTA opportunity to address the long-standing issue of restricted access to US technologies, the sources added.

The high-technology partnership, including in civil nuclear energy, has been the subject of discussion in many groups and initiatives undertaken by India and the US. The inclusion of the tech trade issue in the BTA would open another channel of communication of this collaboration, the sources said.