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 US secretary of state John Kerry told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that India’s refusal to sign a global trade deal sent the wrong signal, and he urged New Delhi to work to resolve the row as soon as possible.

A World Trade Organization pact to ease worldwide customs rules collapsed late on Thursday over India’s demands for concessions on agricultural stockpiling.

“Failure to sign the Trade Facilitation Agreement sent a confusing signal and undermined the very image Prime Minister Modi is trying to send about India,” a US state department official told reporters after Kerry’s meeting with Modi.