India, July 20 -- India's negotiating team returned from Washington on Saturday after concluding a fifth round of trade talks without any significant breakthrough beyond the agreed format of negotiations, as the August 1 deadline for potential tariffs looms and President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on trading partners worldwide, including India.

The four-day discussions, led by chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, failed to resolve persistent disputes over agriculture, automobiles and - in what has emerged as a potentially new domain - digital trade, policies that have stalled negotiations since March, leaving India's fate uncertain as Trump's self-imposed deadline for higher new duties on exporting to America approaches.

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