India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday expressed optimism that India would conclude the proposed bilateral trade agreement with the US this fall, possibly by November. “We've had a little bit of a geopolitical issue overtaking trade issues in our negotiations with the US. I do hope things will get back on track soon and we will conclude a bilateral trade agreement by fall, November or so, as was discussed by our two leaders in February,” Goyal said in a virtual address at an investor conference in Mumbai, according to The Economic Times. “We are living in a very volatile, uncertain time, full of trepidation about the future,” he added. The comments come amid ongoing turbulence in India-US ties over tariffs and New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil. Meanwhile, trade negotiations with the EU and relations with China are returning to normal as border tensions ease.