In the latest, a senior CNN journalist ‘Will Ripley’ in a rare praise for India appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team for understanding the assignment and coming prepared for their meeting with President Trump. Ripley further added, the bilateral was a masterclass for other world leaders around the world to know how they should walk into negotiations with Donald Trump to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Doing the analyses of PM Modi-President Trump meeting and what each got in this high stakes meeting, CNN’s senior International Correspondent Will Ripley said, “We have seen what we previously saw with Japanese PM and now with PM Modi, a very positive meeting with President Trump, this is a masterclass for other leaders around the world to know how they should walk into negotiations with him to achieve the best possible outcome given that you have to expat.”
“PM Modi arrived in Washington, gets a great welcome in DC from the Indian diaspora but as he was on the ground in US, President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs which everyone in India knows could have massive affect because of the high tariffs in the country like 70 per cent or 125 per cent on some of the luxury cars, so India actually reduced those tariffs already,” Ripley said.
Appreciating how prepared India came, Ripley said, “Whether PM Modi knew or was expecting this reciprocal tariffs announcement which could potentially cause him to lose a lot of face when he goes back to India without making significant progress but at the end of this, the meeting they had, it went for long, the press conference started late, they announced the best possible outcome which the two sides gonna fastrack the negotiations on a trade deal. And India is getting some of what it wants too, like more of US investment in nuclear energy in India, F-35 fighter jets. So both of these leaders — President Trump was able to list out all of things that US will gain and PM Modi doing the same.”
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