India, Feb. 3 -- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday answered why it was the United States which announced the India-US trade deal before New Delhi made it official.

Responding to questions on why US President Donald Trump had tweeted about the agreement ahead of India, Goyal said the decision to roll back the tariffs originated in the US.

"When US had applied reciprocal tariffs, and they had to roll those back -- this information would come from US only" he said.

India and the United States will soon put out a joint statement on their trade deal and share details about it after a "final understanding" is inked and technical processes are completed, Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

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