A US negotiating team led by Chief Negotiator Brendan Lynch is visiting New Delhi from June 1 to 4 to advance India-US bilateral trade agreement discussions.
A high-level United States delegation led by Chief Negotiator Brendan Lynch arrived in India on June 1, 2026, for a four-day visit to advance negotiations on the proposed India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement. The visiting American team will engage with India’s delegation led by Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce Darpan Jain, who serves as India’s chief negotiator. According to a statement from India’s Ministry of Commerce, the visit aims to finalise details of an interim trade pact and advance negotiations across multiple areas including market access, non-tariff measures, customs and trade facilitation, investment promotion and economic security alignment. The current round of talks follows an Indian delegation’s visit to Washington DC from April 20 to 23, 2026, and builds upon a joint statement issued by both nations on February 7, 2026, establishing a framework for an interim agreement focused on reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade.
Under the agreed framework, India has proposed to eliminate or reduce tariffs on all US industrial goods and a wide range of US food and agricultural products, including dried distillers’ grains, red sorghum for animal feed, tree nuts, fresh and processed fruit, soybean oil, wine and spirits. US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, speaking at the US-India TRUST Initiative event at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, said both sides were close to concluding the agreement and fully expected the trade deal to be signed over the next few weeks and months. Gor also noted that bilateral trade in goods and services had grown from USD 20 billion to over USD 220 billion over the past two decades, underscoring the deepening economic relationship between the two nations.Source: Business Line
