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May 29, 2025: India and Pakistan only agreed to a "tenuous truce" after President Donald Trump "interceded and offered both nations trading access with the US to avert a full-scale war," the Trump administration said a New York court.
According to Indian government sources, no third parties were involved in the two nations' agreement.
In a petition to the Court of International Trade last week, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made the comments, claiming that Trump imposed tariffs to safeguard the US economy and national security by using his emergency authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
Maintaining tariffs, according to Lutnick, is essential to the president's capacity to engage in practical diplomacy.
For instance, on May 10, 2025, India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed nations involved in combat operations only 13 days prior, came to a precarious ceasefire. In order to prevent a full-scale conflict, Lutnick asserted in the submission that this ceasefire was only reached when President Trump stepped in and promised both countries trading access with the United States.
"An unfavorable decision that limits presidential authority in this matter may cause India and Pakistan to doubt the legitimacy of President Trump's offer, endangering the lives of millions of people and the security of a whole region," he stated.
Trump has stated on numerous occasions that he "helped settle" the tensions between India and Pakistan and that he promised the nuclear-armed neighbors of South Asia that the United States would engage in "a lot of trade" with them if they put an end to the war.
India began Operation Sindoor, which targets terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, almost two weeks after the horrifying terror incident in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians.
Following four days of fierce cross-border drone and missile attacks, India and Pakistan agreed to halt the hostilities on May 10.
No third party was involved, according to New Delhi-based Indian government sources.