In a huge Monday development, President Trump has announced the US will trim its punitive 25% tariff on Indian imports to 18% after striking what he hailed as a new "trade deal” with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Crucially it hinges on New Delhi having reportedly ended its purchases of Russian crude and swapping them for massive US energy and goods buys.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-lowers-india-tariffs-modi-stops-buying-russian-oil-will-cut-tariffs-zero-buy-american
Blackmail? A connection wtih the Epstein files?
Indian politicians and public will be taking a close look at what motivates Modi s decisions as his ties to Epstein and the scandal of his backchannel engulfs India.
Secret back channels is not how elected politicians should communicate with other governments.
The revelations of Modi s secret communications with the Epstein circle about government related business comes as Peter Mandelson has been reported to the police for leaking government documents to Epstein.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/02/mandelson-leaked-no-10-documents-to-epstein/
From media
Files expose alleged links between Epstein, Anil Ambani and Delhi ‘leadership’
Anil Ambani appears to have met with Epstein on May 23, 2019, following which Epstein messaged Steve Bannon that he had met Prime Minister Modi’s “guy”
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/files-expose-alleged-links-between-epstein-anil-ambani-and-delhi-leadership/article70579358.ece
The Epstein files claim Modi s main enemy is China, but it is not clear if this is still true in 2026.
Russia can certainly manage with out the oil exports to India with its other trade partners if Trump s claim is true.
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