India, Oct. 28 -- Donald Trump, the US president, has repeatedly claimed that the trade, tariff, and investment threats have yielded crucial results. Scared nations and regions such as Europe, Japan, and South Korea fell in line. Defiant ones like Russia, India, and China are likely to follow suit. Russia, burdened with growing sanctions, will wish to declare a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. A new-consensus has been reached between the American and Chinese negotiators. India, Trump claims, will give in soon. For example, he said that New Delhi will reduce its oil imports from Russia by this December, and buy more from the US and other non-Russian sources.

Despite claims that the India-US bilateral trade deal will be finalised by November ...