India will not rush a US trade deal by the July 9 deadline, emphasizing national interest and unresolved key issues in agriculture and automobiles.

India does trade deals in its national interest and is not bound by deadlines, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, reacting to a question about whether the country would reach a trade deal with the U.

Earlier, sources had said that the India-US trade deal will conclude in the next few days as an Indian delegation has returned from Washington after holding high-level talks with officials from the Tr