U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved.

India is pushing a clause on social security contributions in the bilateral trade agreement currently being negotiated with the United States. Sources in the Ministry of Labour have said that this will be standard in all trade agreements henceforth.

As the deadline to finalise trade deal nears, it is now reported that India and the US are on the verge of finalizing an interim trade deal within the next 48 hours.