Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday (October 23, 2025) said he hoped for a trade deal with the U.S. to materialise in the “near future”. He added that the teams of both countries were in dialogue and that talks were “progressing”.

Mr. Goyal is in Berlin at the moment, following a short trip to Geneva to speak at the 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

“We are in dialogue with the United States of America,” Mr. Goyal told the media in Berlin. “Our teams are engaged. We recently had the Commerce Secretary visit the U.S. and he met with his counterparts. We continue to engage with them and talks are progressing. We hope to work towards a fair and equitable agreement in the near future.”

Path ahead

These statements come at a time wh

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