tariff Talks

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he spoke with United States President Donald Trump by phone on Thursday, as New Delhi pushes for relief from Washington’s fifty percent tariffs on a range of Indian exports. Modi described the exchange as “warm and engaging” and said both leaders reviewed bilateral ties and broader regional developments.

The call comes at a sensitive moment for India–US trade relations, which have struggled since negotiations collapsed in late July. Washington imposed the tariffs after India declined to open its market to certain American farm products and refused to acknowledge Trump’s involvement in mediating during a …