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A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at Energy Week in Goa, India. I was probing, trying to get a former diplomat of 50 years to give me a straight answer on why a U.S.-India trade deal was proving so elusive.
“I’m not trying to dodge you,” said Puri, repeating once again that discussions were “at a very advanced stage.”
Six days later, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a truce.
