Advertisement

Advertisement

-

TOPIC

US-India relations

Related Topics:

US-India relations

Breaking news and analysis on US-India relations, including trade, defence and diplomacy.

An art student completes a mural of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, in Mumbai, India in August 2025. Photo: AP

Trump’s White House edits India trade deal, sparking confusion over terms

Revised statements swap ‘commitments’ for ‘intentions’ as Indian farmer groups prepare nationwide protests over sensitive agricultural deals.

11 Feb 2026 - 6:42PM

China-India relations

China, India find common cause in push for multipolar world

11 Feb 2026 - 5:12PM

India’s oil imports from Russia snared by Trump order, tariff threat

9 Feb 2026 - 9:16PM

India’s Modi hails ‘great news’ after US slashes tariffs as part of new deal

The pact cuts US duties on Indian goods to 18 per cent and commits India to large purchases of US energy and industrial goods.

7 Feb 2026 - 2:47PM

US President Donald Trump (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after a joint press conference at the White House on February 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Why the new US-India trade agreement is a big deal

The warming of New Delhi’s ties with Washington has implications for Russia, China and the global dynamics of trade and geopolitical power.

7 Feb 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China-India relations

Could India’s twin trade agreements set back its improving ties with China?

Analysts expect the deals with Washington and Brussels to give New Delhi leverage with Beijing and may even slow the thaw.

6 Feb 2026 - 4:45PMvideocam

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Why India may ‘gravitate back’ to US bloc after Trump-Modi tariff deal

Analysts doubt that India can buy more than US$500 billion of US products in a short span of time and stop buying Russian oil.

3 Feb 2026 - 5:00PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump hugs India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a news conference in the White House in February last year. Photo: AP

Trump lifts Russia-related oil tariffs on India under new trade deal

Under the pact, India’s tariffs have been reduced from 50 per cent to 18 per cent.

3 Feb 2026 - 6:00AMvideocam

US-China trade war

At America’s biggest retail show, the China question never really goes away

Tariffs may ebb and supply chains may detour, but US shoppers – and giants like Walmart and Amazon – still rely heavily on Chinese goods.

24 Jan 2026 - 3:14AMvideocam

US-China relations

How narrowing China-US gap could reshape global power play by 2035

Political scientist Yan Xuetong predicts Beijing will be on ‘equal footing’ in strategic rivalry with Washington in the post-Trump era.

19 Jan 2026 - 11:44PM

China and the US have been working to keep the peace ahead of possible reciprocal visits by US President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (right), shown here in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Photo: AFP

Trump’s 500% tariff push raises risk of India-US trade freeze

Such punitive tariffs would erode India’s export competitiveness and force the country to reorient its trade elsewhere, analysts warn.

15 Jan 2026 - 5:03PM

A train carrying cargo containers rides along a railway track in Ajmer, India, in August 2025. The US is India’s largest export market, receiving about 18 per cent of its total goods exports. Photo: AFP

Next appointment, 2027: US visa squeeze hits India’s tech talent

With H-1B renewals stalled, a new generation of Indian professionals is questioning whether to pursue their American dreams.

12 Jan 2026 - 11:00AMvideocam

‘Buyers are indefinitely gone’: Indian exporters lay bare pain from tariffs

The slow-moving trade talks and steep levies are hurting major sectors, forcing firms to seek new markets and offer deep discounts.

7 Jan 2026 - 10:18AMvideocam

Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B visa fee upheld by judge, as lottery system ends

The US awards 85,000 H-1B visas annually via lottery, with Indian nationals accounting for nearly three-quarters of recipients.

24 Dec 2025 - 8:42PM

US President Donald Trump displays an executive order creating the “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a fee of US$100,000 for H-1B visas in the Oval Office in September. Photo: TNS

India wary as US backs Pakistan with F-16 upgrades and mineral projects

Analysts say New Delhi faces an ‘uncomfortable truth’ as Washington and Beijing find rare common ground on stability in Pakistan.

16 Dec 2025 - 3:16PM

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) and army chief Syed Asim Munir (right) meet US President Donald Trump in Washington in September. Photo: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Office/AFP

China-India relations

Trump, Modi have ‘warm’ phone call – but 2025 unlikely to end with a trade deal

Even after calls for India to contribute more in the Indo-Pacific to counter China and deepen defence ties, Trump refuses to budge on trade concessions.

12 Dec 2025 - 7:07AMvideocam

Opinion | Behind Russia’s show of strength in India lies a fragile partnership

Despite Russia’s display of defiance and India’s quest for autonomy, US policy shifts are pushing both into uncharted geopolitical territory.

12 Dec 2025 - 5:46AM

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Rupee slump ‘a little relief’ for Indian exporters amid US trade talks

The lower rupee is helping Indian industries that have been absorbing tariff losses in the hopes of a US-India trade deal, analysts say.

11 Dec 2025 - 6:24PMvideocam

A roadside vendor counts Indian rupee notes in Mumbai on November 28. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Why India can’t afford to let relations with Russia crumble

Partnering with Moscow brings New Delhi important leverage on Washington and Beijing as well as support for continued strategic autonomy.

11 Dec 2025 - 5:44AMvideocam

Opinion | Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle

Like China, India has a large pharmaceutical sector that provides precursor chemicals. But it lacks China’s drug policy control.

5 Dec 2025 - 8:16AMvideocam

Macroscope | India and Japan show impact of Trump’s tariffs extend beyond trade

While Japan is grappling with acute policy dilemmas and AI bubble fears stalk markets, India seems relatively resilient and forward-looking.

4 Dec 2025 - 5:13PMvideocam

Workers put switches and connectors on solar panels after they come out of automated framing at a ReNew solar panel manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Jaipur, India, on August 21, 2025. Photo: AP

India’s Modi to pitch arms deal to Russia, Putin despite US efforts

Modi has maintained India’s long-standing ties to Moscow, while reducing its reliance on Russian weapons by acquiring more arms from the US and Europe.

30 Nov 2025 - 11:04PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 22. Photo: dpa

Russia’s Su-57 offer boosts India’s ‘strategic options’ amid strained US ties

The move signals Moscow’s desire to revitalise defence ties with New Delhi and offer ‘solutions’ to its military upgrade drive, analysts say.

27 Nov 2025 - 5:54PM

Economics above politics? India and Canada to resume trade agreement talks

While their ties plunged in 2023 over the death of a Sikh separatist, they are keen to restart trade talks due to US tariffs, analysts say.

25 Nov 2025 - 4:05PMvideocam

Will US approval for arms sales to India pave the way for a trade deal?

The US$93 million arms supply could help reduce India’s goods surplus with the US as both sides seek to reach a trade deal, analysts say.

21 Nov 2025 - 8:29PM

A Javelin missile fired by US soldiers during a live-fire training exercise in Fort Carson, Colorado, in 2022. Photo: AFP

Trump exempts Indian items from tariffs amid rising consumer costs

Rising US grocery prices have led to exemptions for dozens of food items from Washington’s reciprocal tariffs.

16 Nov 2025 - 9:23PM

Activists of different trade unions and farmer’s organizations burn an effigy of US President Donald Trump, near the American Consulate during a protest rally on trade tariffs and the war in Gaza, in Kolkata, India, on August 13. Photo: AP

China-India relations

Opinion | Can China and India turn tactical calm into strategic moderation?

Whether India and China decide to institutionalise caution instead of just practising it will determine the fate of this thaw in relations.

13 Nov 2025 - 8:39PMvideocam

Opinion | How India and the US can find their way back to better relations

This year has revealed the need for personality-driven diplomacy to be anchored by steadier institutional ballast.

13 Nov 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement