India, US trade talks progressing on right path: Goyal

ABU DHABI: Trade talks between India and the US are progressing in the right direction, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

He said Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch was in New Delhi on September 16 for daylong talks with Indian official team.

“Talks are moving positively... it’s moving in right direction... India and the US are natural partners... Talks are making good progress and in right direction,” he told reporters here.

He also said negotiations are going on and there is no trade fiction. “Negotiations are going on, and we look at it as a situation. It’s not a friction. America is our trusted partner,” Goyal added.

The commerce ministry has stated that daylong discussions with the visiting US team on a bilateral trade deal were positive, and both sides agreed to push for an early and mutually beneficial conclusion of the agreement.