唐纳德·特朗普表示，经过一年多的谈判，美国和印度已接近敲定一项贸易协议。
Donald Trump said the US and India are close to finalizing a trade deal after more than a year of negotiations.
“他们想达成协议。我们也将达成协议。相当接近，是的，”特朗普周二在白宫回答记者关于协议前景的提问时说道。总统称这“可能是一种截然不同类型的协议”，但未作详细说明。
“They want to make a deal. We’re going to make a deal. Pretty close, yeah,” Trump said Tuesday when asked by reporters at the White House about the prospects for an agreement. The president said it “could be a much different kind of deal,” without elaborating.
美印官员近期均发表了对达成协议前景乐观的评论，该协议将打破华盛顿与新德里之间长期存在的贸易僵局。
Both US and Indian officials have recently made optimistic comments about the chances of an agreement, which would break a long-running stalemate over trade between Washington and New Delhi.
美国驻印度大使塞尔吉奥·戈尔上周在新德里举行的彭博新经济论坛上表示，“大项已定”，双方距离“达成协议”非常近。
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said last week at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi that the “the big items are done” and that the two countries are very close to “landing it.”
此前，印度外交部长苏杰生表示，他对贸易谈判取得的进展感到鼓舞，双方正“朝着着陆点迈进”。特朗普上周五豁免了对俄罗斯石油和天然气买家高达100%的关税——这些关税本将波及印度产品并使贸易谈判复杂化。
That followed remarks by Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in which he said he was encouraged by progress in trade talks and that both sides were “heading toward a landing point.”Trump late Friday waived tariffs of as much as 100% on buyers of Russian oil and gas — duties that would have hit Indian products and complicated trade negotiations.