Signalling a potential thaw in trade relations, a team of senior Indian officials will visit the US this week to hold talks with the Trump administration on the proposed bilateral trade agreement, an official said in New Delhi.

“The Indian team will visit the US this week,” the official said, adding that the trade talks are progressing well. The development follows meetings between US Ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

The trade pact was announced in February by PM Modi and President Donald Trump during Modi’s visit to the US, with the objective of doubling bilateral trade between the two countries to $500 billion.

India and the US had agreed to conclude the fi

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