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“Talks are going on very well. There are many sensitive issues, many serious issues, so naturally, it takes some time,” Minister Goyal told ANI, when asked to provide an update on India-US trade talks.

Recently, a government official had asserted that India and the US were “very near” to finalising the first tranche of the ambitious Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA).

The official affirmed that both sides are converging on most of the issues and negotiators of both the countries are sorting out “language of the agreement”.

Talks are progressing well on the agreement and no new issues are acting as hurdle in the negotiations, he further said, adding that both parties are hopeful of the deadline.

On October 23, Thursday, negotiators of both countries had a virtual discussion.

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