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India Loses Preferential US Trade Status

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The US will end preferential trade status for India on Wednesday, amid a deepening row over protectionism.
India had been the largest beneficiary of a scheme, the Generalized System of Preferences, that allows some goods to enter the US duty-free.
Our correspondent in Dehli Joe Miller has been asking Indian business what it makes of the news.

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Roger Hearing will be joined throughout the programme from the Indian capital Dehli by journalist Sushma Ramachandran and from Toronto, Canada by Ralph Silva of the Silva Research network. They'll also be joined by the 成人快手's Monica Miller in Singapore.

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