India-US ties: Government will be cautious on trade talks, says official

New Delhi: Thursday's telephone speech betwixt PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump was the archetypal since Indian commercialized negotiators, led by commerce and manufacture curate Piyush Goyal, returned from Washington, wherever outer affairs curate S Jaishankar besides held talks.

Official and governmental circles unanimously felt that Modi would not person broached the ticklish contented of commercialized during the speech prompted by bid woody implicit Gaza, had helium not been convinced of softening of the US stand.But it was besides felt that authorities would tread cautiously due to the fact that of its acquisition with a mercurial Trump administration. "It volition beryllium connected a full batch of things," said a elder authoritative erstwhile asked astir speculation implicit the likelihood of Modi and Trump gathering connected the sidelines of East Asia Summit scheduled for Oct 26 successful Malaysia.On Thursday, Modi referred to Trump arsenic "my friend", thing helium had avoided successful his replies to earlier posts by the American president. Goyal had visited the US pursuing US main negotiator Brendan Lynch's "goodwill trip" to New Delhi mid-Sept aft Trump and Modi responded to each other's messages connected X. How the 2 nations navigate the situation of Russian lipid purchases by India volition beryllium captious to reaching a deal, arsenic Trump wants New Delhi to halt it, portion the authorities wants to clasp its autonomy. Given the increasing request for energy, India wants to acquisition much of American lipid and gas, portion besides keeping different channels open.