A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday that a long-awaited U.S.-India trade
agreement could be signed in three to four months, indicating negotiations are
essentially complete. Remaining work is Washington’s procedural handling of
Section 301 trade investigations, which allow tariffs or other retaliatory
measures for unfair trade. A 60-country Section 301 probe is expected to
conclude this week or next. The official said once that probe and other ongoing
investigations are finished, progress on deals — in India and elsewhere — should
follow.
