New Delhi, April 11 -- India is hoping to seize the rare diplomatic window opened up by the 90-day pause in US tariffs to try and swiftly wrap up free trade deals with an array of trading partners, two government officials said, in the backdrop of a full-blown US-China trade war.

The pause is a "golden opportunity" to diversify India's export markets and reduce dependency on the US, especially as the global trade landscape gets increasingly volatile, the officials said. The pause applies to all countries except China - a move that reignited tensions between Washington and Beijing, signalling the start of what many are calling Trade War 2.0.

On 8 April, Mint reported that India was seeking a suspension of the 26% tariffs imposed by the U...