Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US and India are "very, very close" to wrapping up the bilateral trade deal, as he held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Mumbai on deepening cooperation in trade, defence, technology and energy security, and regional developments.
"We're very, very close. I would say we're about as close as you can be without having executed the agreement," the US Secretary of State told reporters in Mumbai today. "I think there's a small number of items left to wrap up, so I think that will happen shortly."Separately, in an interview to a news channel, Rubio said the India-US trade deal is "incredibly close"... 'We are talking about weeks, not months."A readout sai...