India is on a free trade agreement spree. The week before, Modi was in Oman, where New Delhi and Muscat agreed to a free trade pact. India is trying to push for a free trade deal with the Eurasian Economic Union — a bloc consisting of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. That is a big turnaround for a country that for years, under successive governments, including the current one, has struggled to close trade deals. Data from November shows that despite the Trump tariffs, Indian exports to the US are growing.

Source: The Telegraph December 25, 2025 02:32 UTC