Anchal Vohra of Foreign Policy reports that India is navigating tensions with the US as President Trump pressures it to stop buying Russian oil and open its farm sector, threatening steep tariffs. India refuses to compromise on energy security or farmers’ interests but is boosting US imports and trade with other allies to manage the fallout. Vohra writes:
If you are close to Pakistan’s army, then you are not a friend. And if you want a deal that could harm India’s farmers, then you are far from an ideal trade partner.
That’s the coalescing view among Indians about U.S. President Donald Trump as his government engages with Pakistan and threatens India with especially high tariffs.
In June, when Trump hosted Pakistan’s army chief, Syed Asim Munir, for lunch at the White House, many Indians were livid. […]
Trump may have even eased tensions between New Delhi and Beijing, giving China a win while upsetting its key ally in the Indo-Pacific region.
Modi has decided to travel for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit for the first time in seven years, while China sympathized with India against Trump. “Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile,” the Chinese envoy to India wrote on X.
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