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India-US trade deal did not happen because PM Modi did not call Trump: US
short by Ankush Verma / on Friday, 9 January, 2026
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said that the India-US trade deal did not happen because "Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call US President Donald Trump". "I set the deal up. But you had to have PM Modi call President Trump. They (India) were uncomfortable with it. So PM Modi didn't call," Lutnick added.