New Delhi, June 27 -- India and the US on Thursday commenced another round of bilateral trade negotiation within this month aiming to expedite a mutually beneficial early harvest deal before the Trump administration's country-specific reciprocal tariffs on merchandise imports from 57 nations, including India, kick in from July 9, people in the know said. The Indian negotiating team led by chief negotiator and special secretary-commerce Rajesh Agrawal reached Washington to commence two-day deliberations on Thursday, mainly to resolve current bilateral trade issues so that the two sides agree on an interim deal, paving the way for the first tranche of a proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) by September-October 2025, they said, requesting ...