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'India won't negotiate based on timelines': Goyal on India-US trade deal ahead of July 9 deadline
Union Minister of Commerce and Trade Piyush Goyal has asserted that India will not sign a trade deal based on a timeline, but set its own terms to negotiate an agreement. His comments came ahead of July 9, when the pause on retaliatory tariffs will expire.
Earlier, sources had told News18 that the India-US trade deal will conclude in the next few days as an Indian delegation has returned from Washington after holding high-level talks with officials from the Trump administration.
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'Whether it is the European Union, New Zealand, Oman, the United States, Chile, or Peru, negotiations for agreements are underway with many countries. A free trade agreement happens only when there is mutual benefit," the minister said
When the deal is made while safeguarding India's interests, keeping in mind that national interest will always remain paramount, then India is always ready to make deals with developed countries… India never makes a trade deal based on a timeline; when the deal is good, fully matured, and in the national interest, then we accept it," Goyal added.
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