By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday that said “We continue to remain engaged with the US side to conclude a trade deal, and these discussions are continuing,” as he responded to a question on India-US trade talks while addressing his weekly media briefing in New Delhi.
He said India continues to remain engaged with the US side to conclude a trade deal, the MEA said on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump, has soften his stand on India after imposing a 25 per cent “reciprocal tariff” and another 25 per cent as penalty for buying Russian oil, said on Wednesday that he was going to do a “trade deal with India”.
This is the first time that the US president openly laid bare his thoughts on the resumption of negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement with New Delhi.
“I’m doing a trade deal with India and I have great respect and love as you know for Prime Minister Narendra Modi we have a great relationship,” he said in South Korea’s Gyeongju, where he landed from Japan as part of his three-nation tour that included Malaysia.
Trump paid eulogies to Prime Minister Modi, calling him “the nicest looking guy. He looks like you’d like to have your father like,” media reported.
