New Delhi, July 11 -- India and the US may soon initiate phase two of their trade talks to conclude the first tranche of a proposed bilateral trade agreement, covering sectors such as services, rules of origin, technical barriers and process facilitation, with Indian negotiators planning to visit Washington next week, even as the early harvest deal on goods negotiated in the first phase awaits political approval, people aware of the matter said

The development comes as the Trump administration has moved the deadline for country-specific tariffs from July 9 to August 1, giving countries additional time to finalise their agreement while expanding the scope of discussions beyond the initial goods-focused negotiations.

According to one pers...