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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal connected Friday (October 24, 2025) said India does not bash commercialized agreements successful hurry oregon with a "gun to our head".
He said India is actively negotiating commercialized pacts with countries and regions, including the European Union (EU) and the U.S.
"We are successful progressive dialog with the EU. We are talking to the U.S., but we bash not bash deals successful a hurry and we bash not bash deals with deadlines oregon with a weapon to our head," helium said astatine Berlin Dialogue successful Germany.
The Minister is successful Berlin to enactment successful the dialogue.
He added that a commercialized woody should beryllium viewed with a agelong word perspective.
India, helium said, ne'er takes decisions successful a unreserved oregon successful the vigor of the moment.
He added that India is looking astatine newer markets to woody with the precocious tariffs.
Asked if India is getting a just commercialized woody that is agelong word with conditions attached, Mr. Goyal said, "I bash not deliberation India has ever decided who its friends volition beryllium based connected immoderate different considerations different than nationalist interest... and idiosyncratic tells maine you can't beryllium friends with the EU, I won't judge that oregon idiosyncratic archer maine tomorrow, I can't enactment with Kenya, it's not acceptable." The determination to bargain a peculiar merchandise from a state is thing that the full satellite volition person to instrumentality a telephone on, helium said.
These remarks presume value arsenic the U.S. is putting unit connected India to halt buying crude lipid from Russia.
