United States President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his claim of having played a key role in de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan by using trade as leverage. Recalling the incident, Trump stated that during a period of intense hostilities, when “seven planes were shot down” and “bad things were happening,” he warned both countries that the US would not move forward with trade deals unless the fighting stopped.

Trump says he averted India-Pakistan ‘war’ with tariff threat

Trump stated that he spoke to leaders of both nations (Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif) and made it clear that the United States would not proceed with any trade deals unless the conflict was halted. Trump further claimed that he threatened to impose a 200% tariff on expor

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