NEW DELHI: With negotiations for the India-US mini trade deal unlikely to be concluded by US President Donald Trump ’s visit next week, the government on Thursday said there was no need for any “artificial deadline’’ for the agreement as any decision taken could affect the lives of millions of people.Responding to queries on the proposed deal, which many initially saw as a possible and major takeaway from Trump’s visit starting on Monday, the foreign ministry said India didn’t want to rush into the agreement and would instead focus on having an outcome which struck the “right balance’’ for both sides. It also said India was already working, as the Americans wanted, to address the issue of trade deficit.“We do not want to rush into a deal as the issues involved are complicated with many decisions potentially having real impact on people’s lives and long-term economic consequences. We do not want to create artificial deadlines,’’ MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. Trump had said that India had not treated his country “very well’’ on trade.While five MoUs are being discussed for approval during the visit, one of the highlights could be a fresh agreement between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Westinghouse for construction of six nuclear reactors in India.India-US trade has been growing at more than 10% per annum and, as the government said, for the past two years the trade deficit (in favour of India) has declined steadily. “Our trade will become even more balanced with increasing imports of US oil and gas, and purchase of large numbers of civil aircraft by India over the next few years. The US is now our sixth largest source of crude oil imports, while we have become the US’s fourth largest buyer of crude oil,’’ Kumar said. When asked whether issues related to H1B visa would figure in the Modi-Trump talks, he said these could come up.Asked about deliverables, Kumar said the visit had to be seen in the context of a “certain stage of maturity in the relationship’’ and also regular meetings between leaders of two democracies, apart from growing comfort level between the two countries.