Donald Trump says Pakistani officers visiting US for commerce talks, ‘very shut to creating cope with India’

Talking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Donald Trump mentioned he wouldn’t be keen to strike any commerce cope with India or Pakistan if the 2 international locations have interaction in navy motion.

Donald Trump mentioned, “Pakistan representatives are coming in subsequent week. We’re very shut to creating a cope with India. And I would not have any curiosity in making a cope with both in the event that they have been going to be at warfare with one another…”

The warning comes as tensions stay excessive between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours within the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, adopted by India’s Operation Sindoor. Earlier this month, India and Pakistan exchanged missiles, artillery hearth, and drones and launched fighter jets of their worst navy clashes in a long time.

Islamabad is attempting to keep away from steep US tariffs, information company Reuters reported. Pakistan might face a 29% tariff on exports to the USA after Washington introduced new duties final month concentrating on a number of international locations. The tariff menace is because of Pakistan’s $3 billion commerce surplus with the US.

In the meantime, commenting on the continued commerce talks with New Delhi, Trump mentioned, “As you realize, we’re very shut to creating a cope with India.”

India-US ties at ‘historic zenith’

The India-US relationship is at a “historic zenith” and represents a key partnership within the twenty first century, US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau mentioned after assembly Indian international secretary Vikram Misri in Washington on Wednesday.

In a put up on X, Landau mentioned that they had a “nice lunch” and mentioned “the significance of increasing truthful and reciprocal commerce, combating unlawful immigration, and increasing counternarcotics cooperation.”

In response to a ministry of exterior affairs assertion, Misri visited the USA from Could 27 to 29. The Indian Embassy described his assembly with Landau as a “nice first assembly” masking the complete scope of bilateral priorities.

Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal had not too long ago visited the USA to push ahead commerce negotiations. Each international locations hope to signal a restricted commerce deal by early July. India at the moment faces a 26% tariff on its exports to America.

In one other important improvement, Reuters reported final week that India might quickly permit American corporations to compete for over $50 billion in contracts, principally from federal businesses, as a part of the talks.