NEW DELHI, July 29: The first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement between India and the US will come into operation as soon as the United States is able to ensure that India gets a comparative advantage over its competitors, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He also said that as long as India has a comparative advantage or comparable duties. He said “I think India will continue to grow its exports and continue to leverage the large U.S. opportunity”. He added that India participated in the USTR’s sec 301 investigations against forced labour concerns. The US has imposed a 10 per cent tariff under that probe on India.