Prime Minister Modi did a good job: Jeffrey Sachs on India-US trade deal

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, hailed Prime Minister Modi's handling of the India-US trade deal. 

Sachs said, "Prime Minister Modi did a good job. Kept calm. Get these absurd 50% tariffs back down. But your commerce minister is very enthusiastic. Oh, this is a great relationship. Just be careful. India is too big a country, too important, to make its future based on the United States. India's future should be based on normal economic relations with all parts of the world."

He described the previous high-tariff policy as a 'blunder' based on ignorance and warns that the US administration remains erratic and lacks a coherent strategy.