Atman Trivedi, Columnist

Don’t Drag India Into This Trade War

The Trump administration is endangering one of the rare bipartisan bright spots in U.S. foreign policy with yet more tariff threats.

May 17, 2019 at 12:30 AM UTC

By Atman Trivedi

Atman Trivedi is managing director at international consultancy Hills & Co. He previously served as senior director for policy in global markets at the U.S. Commerce Department and chief of staff in the State Department's international security and nonproliferation bureau.

The U.S.-India embrace has been warm.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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