New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- India and the United States have stepped up efforts to conclude an interim trade agreement, with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal holding a meeting with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Milwaukee.

Goyal met Greer on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting, where the two officials discussed efforts to reach an agreement under the broader India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Goyal described the talks as "productive" and said both sides discussed an early conclusion of a "mutually beneficial" interim agreement.

The meeting came on the same day that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation covering bilateral cooperation in tr...