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India says ready to make deal with US but national interest to be ‘supreme’

Indian minister Piyush Goyal's (right) comments come as the deadline to make deals with the US is less than a week away [File: Manish Swarup/AP]

India is ready to make trade deals in the national interest, but not just to meet deadlines, Piyush Goyal, minister of trade and industry, has said.

When asked if a deal could be reached by the July 9 deadline set by United States President Donald Trump for all countries to negotiate trade agreements, Goyal said on Friday that “National interest will always be supreme. Keeping that in mind, if a good deal can be made, then India is always ready to make a deal with developed countries.”

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