India and the US will resume the talks on the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Wednesday. A high-level delegation from the office of the US Trade Representative, led by Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Rick Switzer, has arrived in New Delhi. The two-day talks between the delegations of the two countries will focus on all trade-related issues and work to advance the BTA.

India-US BTA talks

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal will lead the Indian delegation and serve as chief negotiator. The talks will be important as India hopes to complete the first tranche of the negotiations. Earlier, on November 28, Commerce Secretary Agarwal expressed confidence at the FICCI Annual General Meeting. He said, "I think our expectations...we are very optimistic and very hopeful that we should find

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