内容摘要：Pathe Gueye, left, and Ndeye Lam, right, stand on their roof in Dakar, Senegal Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Their daughter Mariama died at age 13 of a rare genetic disease. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Pathe Gueye, left, and Ndeye Lam, right, stand on their roof in Dakar, Senegal Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Their daughter Mariama died at age 13 of a rare genetic disease. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Zealand’s deputy prime minister said on Friday that talks over abetween his country and India were ongoing, but he didn’t provide a timeline for when the two nations could eventually sign a deal.

Winston Peters, who is on a two-day visit to India, said that the negotiations were “going with real meaning now,” calling them “a breakthrough in our economic relationship.”India and New Zealand began negotiations in March for a trade pact, and had aimed to sign a deal in 60 days. The deal will significantly bolster economic ties between the two countries, but it has faced delays because of differences over tariffs on dairy products.Bilateral trade between India and New Zealand stood at $1.7 billion in the 2023-24 financial year.

Talks between India and New Zealand were taking place amid global trade tensions, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose now-paused reciprocal tariffs on imported goods from several countries, including India.Earlier this month, India and the United Kingdom

. India is also engaged in trade talks with Washington.

Peters, who met with India’s Group of 20 emissary, Amitabh Kant, in New Delhi, said that India was New Zealand’s 12th-largest partner in trade and “we are determined that we’re going to work to change that.”That research is creating a library of genetic data for scientists and clinicians. Patients in Senegal are benefiting, too, with a path to diagnosis.

Fatoumata Sané holds her daughter Aissata, 8, who suffers from a rare genetic disease, at their home in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Fatoumata Sané holds her daughter Aissata, 8, who suffers from a rare genetic disease, at their home in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

In Guediawaye, Fatoumata Binta Sané’s daughter Aissata has glutaric acidemia type I, an inherited disorder in which the body can’t process certain proteins properly. Her arms and legs are tightly drawn up toward her chest. She can’t walk or reach for things, speak, sit on her own or hold her head up. Sané cradles Aissata in her arms constantly, and the 8-year-old smiles at the sound of her mother’s voice.In the U.S., newborns are screened for treatable genetic conditions. In Senegal, newborn screening is not routine. Infants who appear healthy at birth might go undiagnosed and experience irreversible decline. Glutaric acidemia type I, for example, can cause brain damage, seizures, coma and early death.