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UNI Special: India, US work overtime to seal ‘Good Trade Deal’ as farm tariffs remains key hurdle

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
New Delhi, Jan 22 (UNI) Indian mandarins are still feverishly working on the "good trade deal" with the United States, which the President Donald Trump promised at Davos. Top Commerce Ministry officials said the deal “was almost done”, but sticking points on farm trade, a key concern for both sides, are still to be hammered out with bureaucrats and trade experts burning the midnight oil.
President Trump’s calling Prime Minister Narandra Modi “a good friend” and predicting a “good deal” are being seen by both sides as a signal that a breakthrough at the highest level is possible.
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