Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal held a meeting with Howard Lutnick, the United States Secretary of Commerce, to discuss the prospects of a mutually beneficial trade agreement between the two nations.
The US administration has been able to dominate the perception battle with its Indian counterpart at a time when both partner countries are negotiating for a bilateral trade deal, argued Ajay Srivastava, Founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) and a foreign trade officer.
Representatives of India's Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative held meeting in the national capital for four days beginning March 26 as a follow up to the two countries agreeing to expand bilateral trade to reach USD 500 billion by 2030, including through the