more-inTrade talks between India and China remained deadlocked with neither side willing to offer concessions to end the impasse, official sources said. Recent bilateral talks on issues relating to farm products, which took place in the backdrop of the military standoff in the Doklam area of the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction, failed to make any headway, said the trade officials. The details of the talks will soon be shared with the Embassy of India in Beijing, they added. During the discussions with the AQSIQ officials, India’s animal husbandry department is learnt to have raised the issue of lack of market access for Indian bovine meat in China. The Chinese side is, however, learnt to have said that since the visiting AQSIQ officials were those dealing only with plant quarantine, India ought to raise the bovine meat issues with the officials overseeing animal quarantine.

Source: The Hindu July 12, 2017 19:18 UTC