India's trade minister to visit US on September 22 for talks

India's Trade Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Washington on September 22 to accelerate talks on a long-pending trade deal, following recent progress in negotiations resumed last week. "The delegation plans to take forward the discussions with a view to achieve early conclusion of a mutually beneficial trade agreement," an official statement said on Saturday. On September 16, a US delegation led by Brendan Lynch, Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, met Indian trade officials headed by Chief Negotiator Rajesh Agrawal in New Delhi. Trade discussions with US officials on Tuesday were "positive" and "forward-looking", New Delhi said, after US President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone following punitive tariffs on India over its Russian oil purchases....