'Not like chapati, but puri': US official on India-US trade ties

Geoffrey R Pyatt, the US assistant secretary of state for energy resources, said,"Nobody today characterises their trade relationship as flat as a 'chapati'. It has become big and puffed up like a big 'puri'"

“I think we are not currently involved in any kind of a Free Trade Agreement negotiation with India, but we have ongoing and important negotiations about how to facilitate a further deepening of our trade relationship,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

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Earlier, Pyatt expressed optimism about enhancing Indo-US energy cooperation and labelled it as one of Washington DC's most vital energy and security relationships globally.