New Delhi, April 8 -- India's best interests will be kept in mind while inking trade pacts, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal assured businesses on Tuesday.

"India First is our mantra, is our guiding principle," Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Declining to divulge the exact contours of the ongoing trade talks with the US, Goyal said India is in talks with many countries.

"They continue to go on very smoothly in a positive direction and all is well," he added.

"We are covering a very wide array of subjects, a very wide array of products and I can assure business persons across the country that we are keeping the best interests of India at the forefront of our discussions," Goyal said.

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