India, Oct. 24 -- India will not be pressured into signing a trade deal with the United States, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, clarifying how India would proceed amid ongoing trade negotiations.

Goyal said India is open to discussions but not to deadlines. "We are talking to the United States, of course, but we don't do deals in a hurry, and we don't do deals with deadlines or with a gun on our head," he said while speaking at the Berlin Global Dialogue during an official visit.

When the moderator suggested that trade negotiations, nowadays, hinge on deadlines and tariffs, Goyal pushed back, saying India's approach was guided by long-term thinking, not momentary pressure.

"India looks long term, India never takes decisions...