Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that talks with US for a trade dea were progressing steadily and the two sides were working on the fine print, while asserting that tighter access to H-1B visas can benefit India by encouragin skilled professionals to stay back, bringing more tech work to the country and boosting the startup ecosystem. The minister's comments come days after USTR Jaimeson Greer said that a deal was not imminent, and FM Nirmala Sitharaman stated that talks had hit a plateau. "Going by what the US itself has said, it has nothing more to add or offer, and the fine print is being worked out," Goyal said at the ET Startup Awards 2026 held in Bengaluru on Friday.