NEW DELHI: US trade representative Jamieson Greer has told the US Senate panel that the type of offers India has been talking about have "been the best-ever the US has "received as a country" as the negotiations between the two countries gathered momentum. Greer told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that India has been "quite forward leaning" but termed India a "tough nut to crack."He said there was "resistance on certain row crops and other meats and products" from New Delhi in a reference to govt's reluctance to allow import of corn and soybean, most of which are genetically modified.

The remarks came as a team of senior trade officials from US are in New Delhi to take forward the negotiations on the much-awaited trade deal between two countries. tnn Commerce secretary

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