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New Delhi/Berlin, Oct 24 (PTI) India and the US are “very near" to finalising a bilateral trade deal, an official said on Friday, even as Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal insisted that New Delhi will not do any deal in a hurry or with a “gun to our head".

In the Berlin Global Dialogue, Goyal said India is in active dialogue for a trade pact with the EU and the US.

“…But we do not do (trade) deals in a hurry and we do not do deals with deadlines or with a gun to our head," he said, adding that India never takes decisions in a rush or in the heat of the moment.

Goyal on Thursday said that talks between India and the US for the proposed trade agreement are progressing, and expressed hope that both sides would work towards a fair and equitable agreement i

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