India expects the U.S. team to visit India for next round of trade talks, say officials

India expects the U.S. team to visit the country for the next round of trade talks, though no dates have been finalised yet, an official said on Monday (May 11, 2026).

The Indian side visited Washington, D.C. in April for an in-person round of meetings with their U.S. counterparts to finalise the details of the interim agreement and take forward the negotiations under the Broader Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA).

“Now we expect the U.S. team to visit India next for trade talks. No dates have been decided,” the official said.

After the April meet, both sides have agreed to stay engaged to sustain the momentum ahead for the trade talks.

Last month, officials of the two sides discussed several areas, such as market access, non-tariff measures, technical barriers to trade, customs and trade facilitation, investment promotion, economic security alignment and digital trade.

India and the U.S. issued a joint statement on February 7 finalising a framework for an interim trade agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade.

The framework reaffirmed the countries’ commitment to the broader India-U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreement negotiations.

India’s outbound shipments to the U.S. grew marginally by 0.92% to $87.3 billion during the last fiscal year, while imports increased 15.95% to $52.9 billion. The trade surplus declined to $34.4 billion in 2025-26 from $40.89 billion in 2024-25.