Modi Leaves Trump Summit With a To-Do List Despite Concessions

Feb. 14, 2025, 11:01 AM UTC

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was counting on a series of concessions ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump to keep his country in the US’s good graces after weeks of tariff threats.

It wasn’t enough.

Now Modi heads back to New Delhi with the prospect of looming duties on Indian exports and demands that his country buy more US goods — from American energy to the most expensive US weapons systems — showing that the two leaders’ bonhomie from Trump’s first term will only go so far.

The outcome of the first meeting between the two ...

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