Niggling issues in India-US mini trade deal mostly addressed: Commerce Secy

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Commerce secretary Anup Wadhawan on Wednesday said that negotiations over the India-US mini trade deal are ongoing and contentious issues have largely been addressed. 

"The sticking points have largely been addressed. There are no sticking points as such ... bilateral discussions are always ongoing, they never end... status is very good on that deal," Wadhawan told reporters.  

He said the effort in any bilateral relationship is always to resolve issues as quickly as possible. 

There were apprehensions that the proposed mini deal would be put on the back burner after Joe Biden took over the presidency of the US last