We're very close to a deal with India: President Donald Trump
New York/Washington, Jul 16 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Washington is “very close” to a trade deal with India.
“We're very close to a deal with India, where they open it up,” Trump said in the Oval Office while talking to reporters during a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
“We've made deals with a lot of great places… We have another one coming up maybe with India. I don't know, we're in negotiation. When I send out a letter, that's a deal,” Trump said.
A day earlier, Trump had said that America will have access to the Indian market as a trade deal with the country is being worked on.
“We will have full access into Indonesia, and we have a couple of those deals that are going to be announced. India basically is working along that same line. We're going to have access into India,” he said.
“And you have to understand, we had no access into any of these countries. Our people couldn't go in. And now we're getting access because of what we're doing with the tariffs,” Trump added, while talking to reporters as he departed the White House en route to Pittsburgh.
India and the US have been holding negotiations for the trade pact primarily to keep the tariffs below 20 per cent.
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Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Fire broke out near the stage of the mass marriage event that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar here, police said on Sunday.
Nobody was affected, and the fire was immediately put out, they said.
The fire was noticed shortly after Shivakumar and other dignitaries left the stage, and Forest Minister Eshwaran Khandre was speaking to the media at the venue in Sindhanur, officials said.
According to officials, wires, speakers, and cloth materials near the stage caught fire, allegedly due to a short circuit.
Police personnel present at the spot quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire.
The programme was halted for some time and resumed later, they said.
Several ministers, legislators and political leaders from the region, and actor Sudeep had attended the event.
