‘Very, very close’ to historic trade deal with India: senior US official

WASHINGTON: (Jun 24) The United States and India are “very, very close” to concluding a historic bilateral trade deal that will open the 1.4 billion-strong Indian market to American goods on reciprocal and mutually beneficial terms, a senior US official has said.

Addressing an event at the Capitol Hill organised by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) on Tuesday, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bethany Poulos Morrison said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump were advancing a “result-oriented” relationship.

“We’re not measuring (the relationship) by meeting. We’re measuring it by results,” she said, referring to the trade negotiations launched following the understanding reached between Trump and Modi earlier this year.

Source: PTI News

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