U.S. team to visit India on June 1-4 to ‘finalise the details’ of interim trade agreement
A U.S. negotiation team will visit India from June 1 to June 4 to finalize details of an Interim Trade Agreement. This visit follows a joint statement made in February 2026, which outlined a framework for reciprocal trade between the two nations. Discussions will focus on various trade-related areas, including market access and investment promotion.
- ▪The U.S. team is led by Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
- ▪The visit aims to finalize the Interim Agreement and advance negotiations on a broader Bilateral Trade Agreement.
- ▪India's Commerce Minister has emphasized the need for preferential market access compared to competitors.
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A team of U.S. negotiators, led by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, will be visiting India from June 1 to June 4 to “finalise the details” pertaining to the Interim Agreement between the two countries and take forward the negotiations on a broader Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), the Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday (May 27, 2026).India and the U.S. issued a joint statement on February 7, 2026, agreeing on a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. The framework also reaffirmed the countries’ commitment to a broader Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) between the two countries.Also Read | India, U.S.
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