{"id":2996,"date":"2026-02-07T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2026-02-07T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:12:16","slug":"jeffrey-sachs-praises-modi-on-india-us-trade-deal-trump-blinked-india-must-not-depend-on-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=2996","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Sachs Praises Modi On India-US Trade Deal: \u201cTrump Blinked, India Must Not Depend On U.S.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>In an exclusive interview with India Today, American Economist Jeffrey D Sachs praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s handling of the India-US trade deal, saying he stayed calm and helped bring down \u201cabsurd\u201d 50% tariffs. Sachs says Trump \u201cblinked\u201d after pursuing misguided and ignorant policies. He warns India against over-reliance on the United States, calling the US administration erratic and strategy-less. Sachs questions claims about $500 billion investments and Russian oil, urges India to diversify trade partnerships, and highlights the importance of BRICS and China-India ties. A sharp critique of Trump\u2019s trade wars and a clear message for India\u2019s long-term economic strategy.<\/p> <\/div> <p>Jeffrey Sachs, Business Today, India First, India US Trade Deal, Donald Trump#Jeffrey #Sachs #Praises #Modi #IndiaUS #Trade #Deal #Trump #Blinked #India #Depend #U.S1770423136<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive interview with India Today, American Economist Jeffrey D Sachs praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s handling of the India-US trade deal, saying he stayed calm and helped bring down \u201cabsurd\u201d 50% tariffs. Sachs says Trump \u201cblinked\u201d after pursuing misguided and ignorant policies. He warns India against over-reliance on the United States, calling the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9604,109,198,9605,632,200,9602,1319,1991,9603,9601,3319,6143,3145,895,378,6742],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-blinked","tag-business-today","tag-deal","tag-depend","tag-donald-trump","tag-india","tag-india-first","tag-india-us-trade-deal","tag-indiaus","tag-jeffrey","tag-jeffrey-sachs","tag-modi","tag-praises","tag-sachs","tag-trade","tag-trump","tag-u-s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}