India, Feb. 7 -- Strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney has mounted a sharp critique of the India-US trade deal, arguing that it reflects what he describes as US President Donald Trump's increasingly "coercive and extractive" approach to trade diplomacy.

In a strongly worded assessment, Chellaney said the agreement is part of a pattern in which Washington leverages its market power to secure large-scale commitments from partner countries, often at the cost of skewing bilateral trade balances.

"The trade deal with India adds another feather to Trump's extractive cap. His weaponized trade strategy - after extracting U.S.-investment commitments of $550 billion from Japan, $350 billion from South Korea and $70 billion from Malaysia - has...