JD Vance praises ‘tough negotiator’ PM Modi, shares update on India-US trade deal

 

JD Vance predicted that India could be among the first countries to strike a trade deal to avert ‘reciprocal tariffs’ set by US President Donald Trump

US Vice-President JD Vance on Thursday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “tough negotiator” and said that ‘good negotiations’ were going on with India on the tariff issue.

In an interview with Fox News, Vance also predicted that India could be among the first countries to strike a trade deal to avert reciprocal tariffs set by US President Donald Trump last month.

"Modi, the Prime Minister, is a tough negotiator, but we're going to rebalance that relationship, and that's why the president's doing what he's doing," Vance said during the interview.

Vance was asked if a deal with India would be the first to come through as negotiations go on to avoid the high import taxes. Most of the tariffs imposed by Trump in his ‘Liberation Day' declaration are on pause right now.

"I don't know if it'll be your first deal, but I think it would be among the first deals for sure. We've got negotiations with Japan, with Korea, we've got negotiations going on with some folks in Europe, and obviously, we've got a good negotiation going on in India," Vance replied.