South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman has voiced optimism that a prospective trade deal between India and the United States could help ease tensions between the two countries.

“The path to any type of reset in this relationship is to have a trade deal. Even with tensions as high as they’ve been, we have continued to have trade talks in recent days, and there’s no reason to think that those talks are going to stop anytime soon,” he told ANI

According to Kugelman, the stakes go well beyond economics. “If we do get a trade deal, that would be a big confidence-building measure, would restore some trust in the relationship and it would also reduce what has really been one of the biggest tension points and that’s the very high US tariffs imposed on India,” he said.

But tariffs are only part of

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