India, April 10 -- An Indian delegation is expected to visit Washington later this month to advance talks on an interim bilateral trade agreement, with New Delhi seeking preferential market access for Indian merchandise over competing countries under the new US tariff architecture, people familiar with the matter said.

The original framework, jointly announced on February 7, was thrown into uncertainty when the US Supreme Court on February 20 struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs as exceeding his statutory authority. With the legal basis for the proposed 18% tariff on Indian goods invalidated, both sides have been working to rebuild the agreement on firmer legal ground - even as Washington launched fresh Section 30...