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India-US trade talks and global resource crisis warnings

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Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has warned of intensified warnings regarding an impending ‘4F’ crisis involving food, fuel, fertilizer, and finance. He noted Speaking at an Asia Society event in New York, Jaishankar identified a convergence of pressures, noting that conflicts in Ukraine and the West Asia/Iran-Gulf region, alongside region threaten to disrupt grain shipments via the Black Sea and impact fertilizer production in Russia and West Asia. He highlighted that these geopolitical tensions, combined with the potential emergence of a ‘Super El Niño’ climate phenomenon, are disrupting grain shipments and causing fertilizer shortages. Jaishankar further described create a ‘double ‘dual crisis’ where a ‘very tight’ global of energy market volatility and food insecurity insecurity. Jaishankar emphasized that the Global South remains most vulnerable to these combined shocks, which place intense economic and financial pressure on the Global South. These challenges are compounded by capital flight toward safe-haven assets and potential political decisions regarding oil supply. Parallel to these warnings, developing economies. In parallel, India and the United States are advancing continue to advance bilateral trade negotiations. While officials have reached ‘more or less an understanding’ on a deal, progress has been affected by complexities such as US Section 301 tariffs. Discussions are currently focusing on manufacturing, technology, and resilient supply chains. Recent diplomatic engagement has seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump hold a telephone conversation to review cooperation in trade, defense, energy, and critical technologies, reaffirming their ‘Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership’. At the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Milwaukee, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is working to advance toward an interim bilateral trade agreement. These negotiations are building upon agreement based on a February 2026 framework and framework. These discussions aim to cover industrial and agricultural products. products while focusing on manufacturing, technology, and resilient supply chains. During the summit, Goyal also held engaged in bilateral talks with the finance ministers of Poland and Brazil to explore further economic cooperation.

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