<h1>US chief negotiator and India's commerce delegation report positive talks, agree to intensify efforts for early bilateral trade pact</h1> Government officials reported positive, forward-looking talks between a visiting US chief negotiator and India's commerce delegation on a proposed bilateral trade agreement. The day-long meeting, led on India's side by the Special Secretary of the Department of Commerce, agreed to intensify efforts to reach an early conclusion of a mutually beneficial pact. The US negotiator, the Assistant Trade Representative for the region, had arrived in the capital the previous evening to continue deliberations aimed at advancing the proposed agreement.