Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday responded to recent remarks from US trade officials about the ongoing India–US trade negotiations, saying that if the United States believes it has secured a favourable deal, it should “sign on the dotted line.”

The comment follows a statement by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, where he described India’s latest proposals as among the “best we’ve ever received as a country” in the context of talks on expanding market access—especially for agricultural products. Greer’s remarks came as a US delegation, led by Deputy USTR Ambassador Rick Switzer, is in New Delhi for discussions on the bilateral trade package.

Asked to address this optimism, Goyal said: “That only the USTR can answer.

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