New Delhi, July 6 -- New Delhi: The proposed India-US bilateral agreement (BTA) is not likely to resolve the fraught issue of American tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium, two people directly involved in the process said, with days to go before the deadline for the first phase of the deal.

The two sides have been racing against time to dust off the deal before president Donald Trump's 9-July deadline for countries to offer lower tariffs on US goods.

The duties-raised earlier this year-are set to remain in force even after the agreement is unveiled, the people cited above told Mint on condition of anonymity.

"As a formal political green signal is awaited from Donald Trump following the approval of the deal's terms by the US Trade Repr...