India, July 10 -- Negotiations for an India-US trade deal agreement are continuing, and a commerce ministry team will soon visit Washington for another round of talks on the proposed pact.

According to a government official quoted in a PTI report on Thursday, the negotiations on the interim pact and the first phase of the final bilateral trade agreement (BTA) will take place during the proposed visit.

While the final schedule of the visit is yet to be finalised, sources quoted in the report have indicated that the team's visit to the US capital is expected as soon as next week.

This comes after US President Donald Trump remained optimistic about a trade pact with India while escalating his tariff war with the rest of the world. He rece...