India, Feb. 3 -- A long list of questions remained unanswered on Tuesday on the India-US trade deal announced by President Donald Trump and confirmed by PM Narendra Modi, with both sides cagey about sharing details after Trump made some major claims in his Truth Social post.

The US side was relatively more forthcoming even as "detailing" and "papering" was still on before the deal can actually be signed.

US trade representative Jamieson Greer said the deal will reduce India's tariffs on American industrial goods to zero from 13.5% and eliminate duties, but allow India to maintain some agricultural import protections.

India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal called the press and delivered a 20-minute address, in which he praised the Modi-...