India, Oct. 5 -- India's foreign minister S Jaishankar's curt drawing of "red lines" on Sunday on the trade talks with the US - meaning Delhi is not open to negotiations on certain points - came even as the American administration under Donald Trump continues to push for easier and wider access to the Indian market.

Jaishankar said that "whatever happens" India and the US will have to have a trade understanding. "But it has to be an understanding where our bottom lines, our red lines are respected," he said.

These red lines have to do with access to Indian agriculture and dairy sectors, something Delhi is not fine with - PM Narendra Modi has said he "will protect our farmers at any cost". Jaishankar did not expressly lay out the lines b...