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Deal or no deal: Trump flip-flops keep all guessing ahead of India visit

On Wednesday, the US president had said a comprehensive trade agreement with India would take much longer to finalise

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Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
US President Donald Trump kept everyone guessing on the much-anticipated trade deal with India as he flip-flopped on the issue through the day, ahead of his India visit next week.

Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump hinted that a “tremendous deal” might be achieved during his maiden visit to India. However, political pundits were left baffled by his choice of words. “Maybe we’ll slow down. We’ll do it after the (US presidential) election. I think that could happen too. So, we'll see what happens,” PTI reported Trump as saying.

Later in the day at a political rally in Colorado, he adopted a harder