The Hindu (25/12/2018) - Indian officials will hold bilateral meetings with a few countries, including China and some ASEAN members, in the coming days to iron out issues hindering negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, an official said.

After the bilateral meetings, the RCEP members will meet for the 25th round of negotiations in February in Indonesia.

The main issues that need resolution include number of goods on which import duties should be eliminated and norms to relax services trade.

RCEP members want India to eliminate or significantly cut customs duties on maximum number of goods that it traded on.

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