New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Former Ambassador of India to the US and BJP leader Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday spoke about the importance of trade between India and the US, highlighting the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.

According to Sandhu, the primary topic of conversation was Mission 500, the initiative to increase bilateral trade to USD 500 billion by 2030.

"If you look at Prime Minister Modi's tweet before the visit, trade was to be one of the important issues and it was discussed in the meeting and in the trade they have spoken about a very clear new goal which is Mission 500 that is increasing the bilateral trade to USD 500 billion by 2030 and also start the negotiations on a bilateral ...