India, US and Saudi Arabia in talks on rail and ports deal linking Gulf and south Asia

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The US, Saudi Arabia, India and other nations are discussing a possible infrastructure deal that could reconfigure trade between the Gulf and south Asia, linking Middle Eastern countries by railways and connecting to India by port, according to US officials aware of the conversations. The talks, which have also included the United Arab Emirates and Europe, may or may not yield a concrete result in time for an announcement on the sidelines of this week’s G20 leaders’ meeting, the officials said. The conversations have been under way for months and are fluid, one of the officials said. Joe Biden is...