External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday attended the Critical Minerals meeting hosted by the US State Department. As part of his visit to the US, the EAM also met with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the Critical Minerals meet in Washington DC EAM Jaishankar said, "It was not with me, because that is being handled by Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal (the negotiations on the trade deal). The Prime Minister and the US President had a conversation; some announcements came out of it. Thereafter, a detailing of the trade negotiations is underway as we speak."