NEW DELHI : Countries are prioritising bilateral arrangements in an increasingly fragmented and multipolar world, Union Finance Minister Shri Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.  However, she denied that the India-U.K. Trade negotiations were going to be sped up because of the tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, even as she was optimistic that the negotiations would be concluded “sooner rather than later”.

Ms. Sitharaman made the remarks during a moderated discussion on India’s development trajectory . . .