Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that trade talks with the US were progressing well, but added that New Delhi would never negotiate with deadlines. "Negotiations are progressing well," the minister said when asked about the India–US deal. "We've had substantive discussions over several rounds of negotiations. In the past, I think five rounds have happened." Advertisement

A delegation led by Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR) Rick Switzer is in Delhi for two-day trade talks with his Indian counterpart Rajesh Agrawal.

This visit, however, is not a negotiating round, Goyal clarified. "The current visit is not a negotiating round. The current visit is a new Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) who has joined about three months ago. It's his

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