Rajesh Agrawal, the main negotiator of the Indian and special secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, probably met his American counterpart on Tuesday, September 16 to discuss Indian trade in the US.
The government official previously told the press agency or that the assistant of the US sales representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch would visit India on Monday evening and continue interviews on the bilateral trade agreement with the Indian counterpart on Tuesday.
India has so far organized five rounds with the US. The proposed last round of interviews with the USA between 25 and 29 August was postponed.
Who is Rajesh Agrawal? Main negotiator of India Head of US Business Interviews
Education Rajesh agrawal: He won a bachelor’s degree in statistics and a master’s degree from surgical research at Delhi University. Chased Epgdib in an international business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Career Rajesh Agrawal: Rajesh Agarwal is an officer Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1994 from the manipur cadre, which was appointed a special secretary at the Ministry of Commerce in April, reported the PTI.
He was also appointed another Minister of Commerce. Will take over as a secretary after retirement Sunil Barthwal 30. September.
“The officer will take over as a secretary, the Ministry of Commerce … Vice President Shri Sunil Barthwal, IAS (BH: 89) after his superiority on September 30, 2025,” said the government command.
Currently, Rajesh Agrawal is the main negotiator of the proposed two -sided business agreement with the US. It is taken from the Ministry of Trade at a time when India fights 50 percent of US President Donald Trump on Indian imports and an ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
According to PTI, Rajesh Agrawal also leads a review of free trade agreement in goods with a block of 10 (Association of Southeast Asia), in addition to negotiations on the proposed complex business pact with Australia and Peru.
He was also the main negotiator for the Indo-Tichoral economic framework (IPEF).
According to his profile Linkedin, Rajesh Agrawal also served as the main secretary of the Ministry of power in 2022.
He also held the position of the main election officer in manipur. Agrawal was appointed Executive Director at ITPO.
Between 2015 and 2019 he was appointed a joint secretary of the Ministry of Development of Skills and Business.
India-USA business conversations
India and the US will return to the negotiating table on Monday, September 16 to develop a trade agreement in Nový Delhi, and the hope of breakthrough weeks after President Donald Trump deposited repressive tariffs for India for buying Russian oil.
Over the past few months, India and the US have been negotiating a temporary trade agreement because Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on Indian goods imported USA.
However, the Indian party, however, expressed reservations about the US application for the opening of agricultural and dairy sectors, and reported. Agriculture and dairy products are essential for India because these two sectors provide opportunities for livelihoods of a significant part of the population.
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