US-India Deal Eases Months of Tense Talks on Oil: Supply Lines

In Donald Trump’s world of rushed dealmaking, patience was India’s strategy during its trade talks with the US president.

Back in April, when the second-term Trump administration advertised they were gunning for 90 deals in 90 days, Indian negotiators said they refused to be swayed “with gun to head.”

Ten months later, New Delhi’s go-slow approach is receiving praise after Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Monday they’d reached an accord calling for the US to reduce tariffs on shipments from India to 18% from 50%. Half of that higher figure was punishment for India’s purchases of Russian oil ...