New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- India and the US have agreed to intensify efforts for the early conclusion of a mutually beneficial trade agreement at a recent meeting of senior officials of the two sides, the external affairs ministry said on Friday against the backdrop of efforts to repair bilateral ties hit by US President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs. Discussions between an American team led by assistant US trade representative Brenden Lynch and Indian interlocutors in New Delhi this week were "positive and forward looking", external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a weekly briefing. The meeting between Lynch and India's chief negotiators Rajesh Agrawal marked the resumption of talks between the two sides for a bilateral tr...