President Trump on Thursday claimed India has offered to drop tariffs on US goods as part of a potential trade deal. Speaking at a business event in Qatar, he claimed India is "willing to literally charge us no tariff.

The president had previously suggested he floated trade incentives as a means to secure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan—a claim New Delhi has dismissed.

A day before trade minister Piyush Goyal and a delegation of top negotiators are to arrive in Washington for talks on the proposed India-US trade deal, Donald Trump has let the cat out of the bag by making a huge claim.