Cong tells govt to ‘put on hold’ US trade deal, renegotiate India News

NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday asked the government to “put on hold” the India-US trade deal and “renegotiate” its terms in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s ruling that reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are invalid.Congress MP Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Modi of “compromise”, claiming that his (Modi’s) “betrayal” in the trade deal has now been exposed. “He cannot renegotiate. He will surrender again.” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote in an Referring to Trump’s statement after the Security Council decided that the trade agreement remains valid, Ramesh said Modi must make it clear that the “interim agreement framework” cannot be implemented in the current situation. Party general secretary Randeep Surjewala asked whether the Modi government would now announce that it would buy cheaper Russian and Iranian crude oil in the “national interest”.