Washington DC, Oct. 21 -- US President Donald Trump has echoed Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicating that the bilateral trade agreement with India was close.

Speaking at a news briefing on Tuesday (local time), Trump was asked if the trade deal with India was close.

The US President replied, " They want to make a deal. We're going to make a deal. Pretty close, yeah. Going to be a much different kind of a deal than we've made in the past."

Earlier, Rubio revealed that the India-US trade deal is "incredibly close", indicating that finalisation is anticipated shortly.

Speaking to Network18, Rubio noted that while he is not directly engaged in the negotiations, which are handled through the trade representative, he has closely monitor...