India, Sept. 21 -- India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who will in the US on September 22 for the next round of talks for a trade deal amid tensions over tariffs, made remarks apparently reacting to President Donald Trump's decision to impose a hefty $100,000 fee on H-1B visas used mostly by high-skilled Indian workers to fulfil their American dream.

He prefaced it with the assertion that "different countries across the world also want to do Free Trade Agreements with India".

"They want to increase trade with India. They want to improve relations," he said, in a video clip from a speech that he shared on his X handle.

With a pause and smile, he added, "They are also a little afraid of our talent. We have no objection to that either...