New Delhi, May 20 -- Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held productive discussions with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, focusing on expediting the first tranche of the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement.

Taking to the social media platform X, Goyal shared an image of the two leaders shaking hands, stating, "Good discussions with Secretary Howard Lutnick towards expediting the first tranche of India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement."

Earlier in May, the Union Commerce and Industry Minister stated that the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the US was moving progressively in the right direction.

"Conversation with the US is going very well. We were the first country to start the conversation. Conversion is going extre...