'Our Main Concern': Jaishankar Draws Firm Red Line On Pak Terror In India-US Relations

India's External Affairs Minister Jaishankar has offered Washington a carefully worded message: an India-US trade agreement, if finalised, could help put bilateral ties on a better track. The same day, Donald Trump announced that India’s Essar Group would invest $18 billion in the United States, with a $15 billion steel plant planned in Iowa. Trump presented the project as a major American manufacturing victory. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went further, saying the investment was the result of US steel tariffs. For India, the announcement is more than a business deal. It shows Indian companies are willing to invest deeply in America even while New Delhi negotiates over tariffs, market access and strategic concerns. This is the story of two parallel tracks: diplomacy remains unresolved, but commercial momentum continues. India is investing in America without surrendering its negotiating position. #jaishankar #sjaishankar #indiausties #indiausrelations #indiaustradedeal #essar #essargroup #donaldtrump #trump #howardlutnick #ustariffs #indiandiplomacy #tradewar #india #timesaxis #toi 00:00 – India-US Tariff Tensions 01:01 – Two Sides of the India-US Relationship 02:00 – Jaishankar on the Trade Deal 02:30 – Why India-US Trade Talks Are Stuck 02:51 – Terrorism Emerges as Another Friction Point 03:13 – Jaishankar on India’s Strategic Autonomy 03:38 – India’s $18 Billion Bet on America 04:04 – Trump Tariffs and the Steel Investment 05:10 – Essar’s Big Comeback in the US 06:00 – India-US Ties Moving on Two Tracks 06:29 – The New Reality of India-US Relations AXIS is where the world is explained through India’s lens. For decades, global narratives have been shaped by Western media... told through Washington, London or Beijing. But as India rises as a major economic, military and diplomatic power, why should others define the world for us? Why shouldn’t India shape its own voice, own perspective, and own narrative? That’s where AXIS comes in. We decode global power shifts, wars and conflicts, the India-China rivalry, Pakistan, West Asia, oil shocks, trade battles and neighbourhood politics - with one key question: What does this mean for India and for you? As India rises, so should its share of voice! Subscribe To AXIS — The World Through INDIA'S LENS. #India #Geopolitics #China #Pakistan #Bangladesh #WorldNews #Defence #IndianArmy #Indian Navy #IAF #TimesAXIS #TOI