New Delhi, June 5 -- India and the US held "constructive and positive" discussions on an interim bilateral trade agreement and the two sides are committed to take the deal forward, the external affairs ministry said on Friday after a US team's visit to New Delhi for discussions with Indian counterparts.

A delegation from the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), led by the chief negotiator, visited India during June 1-4 to take forward discussions on the trade agreement. The visit came days after US ambassador Sergio Gor said only "1%" of the proposed trade deal remains to be finalised and Washington expects the agreement to be signed in the next few weeks.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular me...