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Friday, January 2, 2026
TopicIndia-US trade deal

Topic: India-US trade deal

There’s a silver lining for India in the tightening of visa restrictions worldwide

India's Russian crude-buying 'spree' could be coming to an end because of a Trump 'change in tack', global media also writes.

India and US inch towards first tranche of trade deal, focus on mutual tariffs and oil

Data shows Indian exports to the US in the first seven months of this financial year crossed $50 billion. Electronic & engineering goods, drugs & pharmaceuticals drive exports.

Doing trade deal with India, ‘respect for Modi…nicest-looking guy’: Trump

Delivering his keynote remarks at APEC CEOs Luncheon in South Korea, the US President reiterated his disputed claim of personally averting a nuclear war between India & Pakistan in May.

India-US deal should be a model for inclusive trade, not just a symbol of diplomacy

If India-US trade deal proceeds, it must be accompanied by robust safeguards—both at the domestic and WTO levels.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

India’s response to Trump is an emotional one. Tariff damage is psychological

India keeps falling into ‘great power’ fantasy trap. Think of the 1950s, when New Delhi mistook its all-too-real potential for actual power, and China brought it down to earth in 1962.

16 steps to get a big beautiful US-India deal—all we need are ‘opening up’ announcements

Trump needs a win. India can exploit this when drafting its strategy.

‘Very close to a deal with India, we’re in negotiation,’ says Trump

The President said US is working on a deal that will give it access to Indian markets. He announced a new trade deal with Indonesia, after which the latter will face a reduced tariff of 19%.

India ready for deals but not under pressure of deadlines, says Piyush Goyal amid trade talks with US

Amid U.S. pressure and Trump’s July 9 threat of a 26% tariff on all Indian goods, Trade Minister Goyal refuses to rush trade deals to meet deadlines.

On Camera

Dalit dating in India is a choice between dignity and loneliness

Dating apps promised to disrupt the casteist marriage market. Instead, they’ve merely translated social biases into digital language.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.