India news: India-US trade deal 'pretty close,' says Trump
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US President Donald Trump hinted that the US-India trade deal could look different from the previous ones. Follow DW for more.
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Click here to add us as a Preferred Source on Google. Then tap the "Star" or "Preferred" to keep DW News at the top of your feed. United Nations experts on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into Indian authorities' crackdown on protesters, saying demonstrators sustained injuries and some reported being subjected to ill-treatment.
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The experts urged Indian authorities to respect, protect, and fulfill the right to peaceful protest and to ensure justice for alleged human rights violations reported during these and previous demonstrations.
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"We have repeatedly alerted the Indian authorities to undue restrictions on peaceful assembly, excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and the targeting of student activists, amongst others," the experts said.
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video "Despite the non-violent nature of the assemblies, law enforcement agencies have reportedly deployed force against unarmed students, including lathi charges and have prevented thousands from joining the protests," the experts added.
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The statement by the UN experts follows a police crackdown on protesters in Delhi who are demanding the resignation of India's election chief, Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged vote theft and mass voter deletions from electoral rolls.
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Washington and New Delhi are pretty close to concluding the trade deal that has been under discussion for more than a year.
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Trump said the deal "could be a much different kind of deal," hinting that the agreement between India and the US could differ from earlier trade pacts.
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"They want to make a deal.
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We’re going to make a deal.
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Pretty close, yeah," Bloomberg cited Trump as he addressed journalists at the White House. Trump's remarks come while US Secretary Marco Rubio is on a two-day visit to India. The visit is widely seen as an attempt by Washington to repair relations amid tensions between the US and India over visa restrictions and tariff threats.
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Alleviating concerns, Rubio on Tuesday said the tariffs are not meant to "punish India" and the visa restrictions are "not targeted" at the country. "I think we’re incredibly close.
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The way I would say it is, we are weeks, not months, away from, I think, finalising it.
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I think 99% of the work is done. The remaining factor, you have to have 100% done. But I feel very positive of the trajectory that it’s on," he said in an interview with Indian newspaper The Indian Express. Hello! This is Midhat from DW's New Delhi Bureau bringing you all the important updates from across India. India is hosting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his second official visit to the country this year.
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Rubio, who arrived in Mumbai, met Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday.
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During the meeting, Rubio and Jaishankar exchanged views on various topics, including trade, defense, technology and energy security. Following his meeting with Jaishankar, Rubio said that the India-US trade deal is "incredibly close." Today, Rubio is scheduled to visit the world's largest oil refinery, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, in the western state of Gujarat.
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Meanwhile, the United Nations has taken note of the crackdown on protests in the past few weeks and urged Indian authorities to cease the use of "excessive force" against unarmed protesters. Stay tuned as we bring you more deets from India.
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