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India Weekly: Mixed messaging on India-US trade deal prospects

President Trump's talking up of the prospects of a "very big" trade deal between India and the US this week are at odds with recent reports which suggest that India's politically sensitive agricultural sector is halting progress towards any such deal. If a deal is struck before the 8th July reciprocal tariff deadline, we suspect it would only be limited given time is running out to resolve the main points of contention.

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