India, May 2 -- US Vice-President JD Vance on Thursday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "tough negotiator" and said that 'good negotiations' were going on with India on the tariff issue.

In an interview with Fox News, Vance also predicted that India could be among the first countries to strike a trade deal to avert reciprocal tariffs set by US President Donald Trump last month.

"Modi, the Prime Minister, is a tough negotiator, but we're going to rebalance that relationship, and that's why the president's doing what he's doing," Vance said during the interview.

Vance was asked if a deal with India would be the first to come through as negotiations go on to avoid the high import taxes. Most of the tariffs imposed by Trump in his 'Li...