RAPPROACHMENT: India and the us seek to defuse tension
By Fawzia Moodley:
President Donald J. Trump holds hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India during a surprise walk-in in 2019, in Houston, Texas. (Image: White House Official Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Realpolitik demands that Washington and New Delhi find common ground amidst the fallout between the two allies over Donald Trump’s imposition of a 50% tariff on Indian exports to the US and indications are that the two countries may be on the way to some kind of rapprochement.
Signs of a possible thaw
India has been holding out hope that Trump, who had accused New Delhi of supporting Russia against Ukraine by purchasing oil from Russia, would reconsider the 50% tariff—the highest levy imposed on any country, except Brazil, which received the same treatment...