India, June 24 -- Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday began bilateral talks in New Delhi aimed at resolving the remaining issues blocking an interim trade deal - chiefly a valid tariff architecture - that would eventually lead to a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement (BTA), people familiar with the matter said.

An interim BTA is expected soon, with most of its elements nearly settled under the framework the two sides reached on February 7. However, since the US Supreme Court on February 20 invalidated the legal basis for the proposed 18% reciprocal tariff envisaged under that framework, the deal now requires rebalancing along with a fresh, legally valid tariff structure, the peop...