Piyush Goyal meets US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, discusses trade

Engaged in very fruitful discussions to expand our trade and economic partnership, says Commerce and Industry Minister

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said he has held a meeting with United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor. The Minister said they discussed ways to expand trade relationship between the two countries.

"Hosted US Secretary of Commerce @HowardLutnick & @USAmbIndia Sergio Gor. Engaged in very fruitful discussions to expand our trade and economic partnership," Goyal said in a social media post.

In a post, Gor described the meeting as "highly productive". "A highly productive lunch with @howardlutnick and @PiyushGoyal⁩. So many areas of cooperation for our two nations!"

The meeting comes at a time when India and the United States are in the process of finalising the legal text for the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement.

Following the US Supreme Court order striking down US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, the US has imposed 10 per cent tariffs on all the countries for 150 days.