Ankit Patel, Partner and Co-founder at Arunasset Investment Services, describes in an interview with us on how recent India-US trade talks on tariffs have been stalled because Washington has insisted on gaining access to India’s farm, dairy, and fisheries markets, something India continues to be reluctant to open up. But even under US pressure, including high tariffs, political realities particularly over Russian oil purchases complicate matters. Patel says tariff choices under the current US administration sometimes go against conventional policy logic, making trust a two-way street tricky.