<h1>India-US bilateral trade and strategic cooperation: BTA negotiations progress alongside defence, technology TRUST initiative, and higher education ties.</h1> India and the United States are pursuing a multi-sectoral bilateral trade agreement with ongoing negotiations; this aims to enhance trade relations and market access. Strategic convergence under a comprehensive global strategic partnership covers defence cooperation, co-development and co-production, joint exercises and interoperability across land, maritime, air, space and cyber domains, resulting in deeper defence industrial partnerships. Technology collaboration under the US-India TRUST initiative targets AI, semiconductors, quantum, biotechnology, energy and space to build trusted and resilient supply chains, creating regulatory and industrial coordination. Institutional higher education linkages and strengthened consular assistance (MADAD, ICWF) support mobility and welfare, as reported by MEA.