India trade deal soon, says Trump

 


U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that India and the U.S. will have a trade deal soon. He said the ongoing talks on the proposed India-U.S. bilat-eral trade agreement (BTA) are "coming along great".Indian officials, howev er, believe that it will take at least two months even to work out an early tranche che with limited commitments restricted to a few goods. Sources said the first full tranche of the agreement may take as long as six months. "India [trade talk] is coming along great. I think we'll have a deal with India," Mr. Trump told re-porters on Tuesday at the White House.Earlier on Tuesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. was "very close" to a trade deal with India.Significantly, he said it was "easy to negotiate" with India because the is-sues were with regard to "very high tariffs" and they could be confronted directly.


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