09 Jan 2026 | 3 Mins Read
MEA confirms Trump and Modi spoke eight times in 2025
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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that the India-US trade deal stalled because PM Modi didn't call President Trump to confirm it. Lutnick stated that President Trump prefers deals to be done quickly in the initial stages, and when India "was on the wrong side of the seesaw," other countries secured deals, leaving India further behind.