Indian Trade Team To Visit US This Week, Sources Say

A team of senior officials from India will visit the U.S. this week for trade talks and negotiations on the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) are progressing well, a top official said on Monday (October 13, 2025). In February 2025, leaders of the two countries directed officials to negotiate a proposed BTA.

It was planned to conclude the first tranche of the pact by the fall (October-November) of 2025. So far, five rounds of negotiations have been completed.

“The Indian team will visit this week,” the official added.

Last month, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal led an official delegation to New York for trade talks. After that meeting, India and the U.S. decided to continue negotiations for an early conclusion of a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement.