India was willing to wait out Trump term on trade deal
India Today
The Modi government had conveyed to the US in early September 2025 that it was willing to wait out the Trump presidential term if needed on the India-US trade deal. This tough line was conveyed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio by India NSA Ajit Doval, according to a Bloomberg report. The report on the meeting and the mellowing down of Trump and his aides after that gives a new perspective to the debate over the India-US trade deal.
While US President Donald Trump and his aides are selling the India-US trade deal to Americans as a big victory, an interesting report turns the noise on its head. The Modi government told Washington DC that India was willing to wait out Trump's presidential term on the trade deal, according to a Bloomberg report.
Bloomberg is the first to report about the meeting in early September 2025 between Indian National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which the Indian government conveyed its tough line. The meeting came against the backdrop of the Trump administration's relentless attacks on the PM Narendra Modi-led government and the 50% American tariffs on Indian exports, which was one of the highest in the world.
The report gains significance after Trump jumped the gun to announce the India-US trade deal, and his aides promoted it as a big victory for the US, particularly its farm sector. Agriculture and dairy are the two sectors on which India had drawn a red line.
Bloomberg quoted Doval as telling Rubio that "India wouldn't be bullied by US President Donald Trump and his top aides, and would be willing to wait out his term, having faced other hostile US administrations in the past."
The Bloomberg report was based on inputs from officials in New Delhi aware of the meeting. The officials requested anonymity because the "meeting was private". The Business news agency declined comment on the meeting by both India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the US State Department.
In the meeting, Doval conveyed to Rubio that New Delhi wanted "Trump and his aides to dial down their public criticism of India so they could get relations back on track", according to the report.
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