India made long push with Trump behind scenes to clinch US deal
The Economic Times·2026-02-04 15:56
Ajit Doval came with a message for Secretary of State Marco Rubio: India wanted to put the acrimony between the two nations behind it and get back to negotiating a trade deal, according to officials in New Delhi familiar with the meeting, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private.Doval told Rubio that India wouldn’t be bullied by US President Donald At the time, India was smarting from Trump’s insults and the 50% tariffs he’d slapped on its goods in August. The US president had ca ...