India, US close to wide-ranging trade deal, skip patents
Published on: Oct. 1, 2025, 5:18 p.m. | Source: Livemint
For the world's biggest economy and the fourth largest, signing a trade deal has been a rocky affair, marred by US insistence on access to India's agri and dairy sectors and its demand that New Delhi stop buying Russian oil. Finally, the weather has cleared, and a comprehensive deal is on the way.
