{"id":6899,"date":"2026-10-06T07:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/06\/india-u-s-trade-talks-stall-finance-minister-cites-plateau-in-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:29:16","slug":"india-u-s-trade-talks-stall-finance-minister-cites-plateau-in-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/06\/india-u-s-trade-talks-stall-finance-minister-cites-plateau-in-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"India-U.S. Trade Talks Stall: Finance Minister Cites “Plateau” in Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has indicated that trade talks with the U.S. have reached a standstill, with little room for further concessions. The finance minister expressed skepticism about continuing negotiations if reducing the trade imbalance remains the sole criterion for the U.S.<\/p>\n

The impasse adds to growing doubts about the finalization of a trade deal, as the U.S. seeks to reduce its significant trade deficit with India, which saw a 27.8% increase in 2025.<\/p>\n

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India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has indicated that trade talks with the U.S. have reached a standstill, with little room for further concessions. The finance minister expressed skepticism about continuing negotiations if reducing the trade imbalance remains the sole criterion for the U.S. The impasse adds to growing doubts about the finalization of a trade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/261010001033-01-us-india-trade-trump-modi-g7-evian-june-17-2026-restricted.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_canvas","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","rifnote_country-india","rifnote_country-united-states","rifnote_executive-donald-trump","rifnote_executive-jamieson-greer","rifnote_executive-narendra-modi","rifnote_executive-nirmala-sitharaman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/261010001033-01-us-india-trade-trump-modi-g7-evian-june-17-2026-restricted.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_canvas","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}