‘Supposed’ trade deal with U.S. seems to have become an ordeal for India, says Congress

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Congress MP and wide   caput   Jairam Ramesh.

Congress MP and wide caput Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

The Congress connected Monday (November 3, 2025) criticised the Narendra Modi authorities over U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated assertion that helium utilized commercialized to forestall the escalation of an India–Pakistan conflict, saying that what was erstwhile touted arsenic a breakthrough commercialized woody with Washington had turned into an “ordeal” for India.

“There was a clip erstwhile we were told that India would beryllium hosting the Quad Summit (U.S., Japan, Australia, and India) successful November 2025. That is present not happening,” Congress wide caput (communications) Jairam Ramesh said successful a station connected X.

“There was a clip erstwhile we were told that India would beryllium among the earliest to motion a commercialized woody with the U.S. That expected woody has go an ordeal portion exports to the U.S. decline, starring to the nonaccomplishment of livelihoods here,” Mr. Ramesh said.

The Congress connection main besides referred to Mr. Trump’s remarks successful a recent U.S. tv interview, successful which the U.S. President erstwhile again claimed recognition for halting Operation Sindoor, India’s subject cognition against Pakistan.

“If it wasn’t for tariffs and trade, I would not person been capable to marque the deals. As an example, India does a batch of concern with us. They were going to person a atomic warfare with Pakistan. The Prime Minister of Pakistan stood up the different time and said if Donald Trump did not get involved, galore millions of radical would person been dormant close now,” Mr. Trump said successful an interrogation to a U.S. tv network.

The U.S. President added that helium had warned some countries that unless they “worked retired a deal fast”, they would “not bash immoderate concern with the U.S.”. Mr. Trump claimed this led some nations to halt the conflict, saying it “would person been a atomic war”.

Mr. Ramesh said that this was the 57th time Mr. Trump had repeated the claim. The Congress wide caput besides pointed retired that that the archetypal announcement of “Operation Sindoor” being halted had travel from Washington, not New Delhi.

However, India has consistently maintained that the knowing connected the cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached aft nonstop talks betwixt the Directors General of Military Operations of the 2 countries. 

Published - November 03, 2025 09:35 p.m. IST

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