Modi, India and Trump
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Officials and business leaders welcomed lower tariffs, but India has not yet confirmed that it would stop buying Russian oil, which President Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to.
Indian lawmakers from the ruling coalition praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for striking a deal with the U.S. to reduce tariffs on Indian goods.
The U.S. and India have finalized a trade deal on Monday after months of negotiations, steadying a relationship that had plummeted to its lowest point in decades.
The Indian prime minister expresses gratitude to Trump on behalf of India's 1.4 billion citizens.
The relationship between India and Canada has been visibly on the mend since Mr. Modi attended the Group of 7 summit in Alberta at Mr. Carney’s invitation in June 2025, shortly before the shock of the American tariffs.
Union Budget 2026: "This government has been identified with Reform, Perform, and Transform. And now we have boarded the Reform Express," said PM Modi.
While India and the US have sealed a trade deal reducing duties on Indian imports to 18%, some ambiguity still remains on how much tariffs India agreed to cut down for the US. India has also not confirmed Trump's claim that New Delhi would end oil trade with Russia.