India Sees US Relations at ‘Best' Despite Looming Tariff Threat
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India's top diplomat said relations with the US are on firm footing in comments that come as New Delhi looks to lower tariffs on imports to fend off President Donald Trump's threatened reciprocal levies that could upend bilateral and global trade.
'Our relations with the US are probably the best they have been,' India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Wednesday at Chatham House — a London-based independent policy institute.
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