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India and US can do a larger trade deal much faster, says Piyush Goyal

He said the two sides would hopefully close the first set of the limited engagement

Piyush Goyal
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Piyush Goyal

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
India and the US can do a larger trade deal much faster, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. 

“I am delighted that both the leaders (Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump) have decided to formally engage to move towards a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two big economies and my own sense is that America also will gain very significantly with this partnership,” said Goyal. 

The minister said he didn’t see this engagement to be like earlier free trade negotiations that go on for decades. Modi and Trump on Tuesday held delegation-level talks on key