The Indian trade negotiating team, led by Chief Negotiator for the US deal Rajesh Agrawal, has returned to India after meeting with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer.

The meeting this week is expected to ease tension and bring negotiations for a trade deal back on track, according to two persons familiar with the talks.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is still in the US and is meeting a number of business heads to push for investments in the country.

A US official said the talks between the teams from India and US went well. The Russian oil issue, the US official said, is the thorniest issue between the two countries, and any deal between the two countries may need India to reduce its purchase of Russian oil, so that the war in Ukraine “comes to an end”.

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