WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama calls U.S. relations with India a defining partnership of the 21st century. But despite India's approval this week of a major defense deal, the U.S. still has a hard time doing business with the world's second most populous nation.
In the nearly seven months since Obama pressed for stronger economic ties during a visit to India, U.S. firms have struck out in the bidding for an $11 billion jet fighter contract that the president had lobbied for.
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