Delhi: On Bilateral Trade Agreement with US, union Minister Piyush Goyal says, I believe the talks are progressing in a very cordial atmosphere and I have said many times that free trade agreements or trade talks are never based on deadlines. There is no agreement unless we fully address the interests of the nation - India's farmers, India's fishermen, India's MSME sector. The talks are progressing very well. The talks are ongoing and we will definitely inform you when we reach a decision. Delhi: union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, Sectors which are affected by the tariff, whether it is textiles or whether it is marine products, are talking to us as federations, groups, and so on. But they have not given us yet, at least not me, yet any amount which is their assessment of what the tariff has done to them. So I’ll wait for them to add more on it. Delhi: union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, In the GST Council, the centre and states are equal partners. All of us are sitting there together. Any revenue loss, the way in which it has been put, is a loss for the centre also. Any reduction in the earnings is a reduction in the earnings of the centre also... So the centre is not sitting with an additional bag of resources to be able to fund states if they’re not doing well. All of us are equally in it. And this has been said in the GST Council itself. I would like to reiterate that point. I am not sitting with a separate bag of money. In the GST Council, all of us are sitting together with a bag in the centre. All of us collect and we put it into it. and all of us take out of it. If it comes down, all of us will have to be more efficient in collection. Delhi: union Minister Piyush Goyal says, They (the opposition) are helpless and desperate today. The public is rejecting them on. by one... Unfortunately, the opposition doesn’t care about national and public interest. They are busy politicising everything, and today. the people of India don’t accept it. That’s why they have unwavering faith in Prime Minister Modi, and this faith is evident in on. election after another. Look at the elections before the reduction in GST. The historic victory in Maharashtra, the historic victory in Haryana. Victory after victory. You all saw the victory in Delhi. Now, for many years, perhaps they have decided to stay in the opposition. Delhi: union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says, Yes, smartphone exports are increasing despite the geopolitical turbulence and it will continue to grow. Delhi: When asked whether GST reforms have been made in response to the tariff war, union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, This has been in the works for one and a half years. Who had thought of any tariff war at that time. and several groups of ministers were working on this for one and a half years. and several groups of these GOMs met again, post the government of India’s package, which was sent to the GST council which was sent to the group of ministers. So these are discussed at various levels at various times. So nowhere close to the tariff war. This had to happen. This was waiting to happen for quite some time. It has happened now...