India-US trade deal: India and the US continue to be engaged in discussions for finalizing a trade deal, Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. “India, US bilateral trade that we are engaged in, we continue to remain engaged with the US side to conclude a trade deal, and these discussions are continuing,” he said. US has imposed 50% tariffs on India, 25% of which are reciprocal tariffs while the other 25% is a penalty for India’s crude oil imports from Russia. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted about an imminent trade deal between India and the US. During his address at an Asia-Pacific conference in South Korea he expressed "great respect and love" for PM Narendra Modi, whilst reiterating his fictionalised narrative

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