India-US trade talks: Piyush Goyal pushes for early interim deal; US trade chief says sticking points remain

India and the United States are pushing to advance negotiations on an interim trade agreement, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal seeking its early conclusion in talks with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. However, Greer said the deal is not imminent, signalling that key sticking points Goyal met Greer on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Milwaukee, where the two officials discussed efforts to reach an agreement under the broader India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Goyal described the talks as “productive” and said both sides discussed an early conclusion of a “mutually beneficial” interim agreement. The…