India Says US Trade Talks Were ‘Constructive’ on Bilateral Deal

India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that he had a “constructive meeting” with his counterpart Howard Lutnick for a mutually beneficial trade agreement between the two countries.

Both sides remain “committed to enhancing opportunities for our businesses and people,” Goyal said in a post on X on Friday.

Piyush Goyal

Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

Indian officials, including chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, are meeting Trump administration officials in Washington this week to advance the first tranche of the trade agreement.

The South Asian nation is discussing a US trade deal structured in three tranches, and expects to reach an interim agreement before July, when President Donald ...