"What forced Prime Minister Modi to ensure President Trump announced the India-US trade deal in the night of February 2...?" "The India-US trade deal is really an ordeal that India is being subjected to by the Prime Minister's desperation and surrender," he said. His remarks came after Donald Trump said there is no change in the trade deal with India and emphasised that "the India deal is on". Under the trade deal, Washington will charge a reduced reciprocal tariff on New Delhi, lowering it from 25 per cent to 18 per cent. The 6-3 decision centred on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping reciprocal tariffs Trump levied on nearly every other country.

Source: The Telegraph February 21, 2026 06:01 UTC