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US will sort out trade with India, Commerce Secretary Lutnick says in CNBC interview
Asked on CNBC what trade issue he was most focused on, Lutnick mentioned India and said: "Well, we're going to sort out India," once it stops buying Russian oil.
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Reuters - Thu, 11, Sep 2025
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 5, 2025. / REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sept. 11 he believes the United States will sort out a trade deal with India as soon as that country stops buying Russian oil.
Asked on CNBC what trade issue he was most focused on, Lutnick mentioned India and said: "Well, we're going to sort out India," once it stops buying Russian oil.
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Lutnick also said "we have a big deal coming with Taiwan" and he said a trade agreement would probably get done with Switzerland.
On South Korea, he said: "We made a deal, but let's see if they come through with the paperwork."
He would not comment on whether an immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia had delayed finalization of that deal.
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