With Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and a team of senior officials in the US, discussions between the two countries are underway with expectations that it would yield the way forward and help clinch a trade deal.

While the government has refrained from any comment on the ongoing visit, sources have indicated that multiple discussions are underway on a host of issues in a bid to take forward the stalled negotiations.

The commerce minister, along with senior officials, including special secretary and chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, is in the US this week, and the delegation is expected to return later in the week. Advertisement

Goyal’s visit to the US comes soon after US trade negotiator Brendan Lynch, who is the Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia

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