New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- New Delhi: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday expressed hope that the proposed India-US trade deal is concluded at the earliest in the interest of both bilateral and global trade.

Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has also wished for a mutually beneficial agreement to be signed soon, she said during a conversation with foreign policy expert Michael Kugelman at American think tank Atlantic Council, on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Bangkok.

On Thursday, Goyal said the first phase of the India-US trade deal has been finalized and is now being legally drafted. He expressed confidence that the deal would be concluded a...