Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said negotiations between India and the United States on a trade deal are going on in "full speed" and expressed hope that it will conclude soon. The negotiations came up during a discussion between Sitharaman and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the IMF headquarters. "In fact, I broadly mentioned it to Secretary Mnuchin, but that is something on which the Commerce minister and Mr (Robert) Lighthizer (US Trade Representatives) are working. My inputs are that the negotiations are going in full speed and there's a great intensity with which both sides are engaging and hopefully the deal will be structured soon," Sitharaman said. #WATCH Washington DC: FM Nirmala Sitharaman responds to ANI's question on US-India trade front.

Source: dna October 20, 2019 04:49 UTC