New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicted that India will "say sorry" and try to make a deal with President Donald Trump in a couple of months, as the nation navigates trade tensions and higher 50 per cent tariffs on all Indian goods.

"So, I think yes, in a month or two months, I think India is going to be at the table, and they're going to say they're sorry, and they're going to try to make a deal with Donald Trump," Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg.

"And it will be on Donald Trump's desk how he wants to deal with (Narendra) Modi, and we leave that to him. That's why he's the President," Lutnick was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.

The US commerce secretary's comments come amid Trump, and his aides ...