Onus to repair ties with India is on Washington

The onus for winning back goodwill with New Delhi amid a downturn in India-US relations is on Washington, while the loss of trust between India and the US is a win for Europe, two leading geopolitical experts said on Saturday.

- HT Correspondent

Speaking at the 23rd Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Michael Kugelman, senior fellow for South Asia at Atlantic Council, identified trade as the “core lens” through which the US administration sees its diplomatic relations and said President Donald Trump has always expressed concerns about Indian tariffs. “If we look at how the US-India relationship reached a point of crisis, we have to start at the fact that the Trump administration has singled out India as a core offender when it comes to countries that have economic policies that can undercut America’s own economic interests,” he said.