Jaishankar 'India and United States Trade Deal May Seal Soon'

India and the US have sorted out the bulk of the issues relating to the proposed trade deal and it could be sealed "soon" as negotiations are underway to resolve the last stretch of concerns, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.

His remarks come a month before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the US for the G20 Summit, on the sidelines of which he and President Donald Trump may meet to review the broader trajectory of bilateral ties and progress on the trade



pact.

In an interactive session at the HT Leadership Summit, the external affairs minister said the negotiations are approaching the "finishing line," adding that many of the remaining issues are "not so much at our end" and that more changes have occurred on the American side.

"Well, it's certainly our hope, and in many ways anticipation that we are at the last stretch. That's not a secret," he said responding to a question on the negotiations for the trade pact.