How the U.S. and India Finally Reached a Deal

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The United States and India finalize a trade deal after many rounds of negotiations, violence rocks the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and India’s new budget emphasizes infrastructure and manufacturing. Why Now for the U.S.-India Deal? The U.S.-India trade deal announced on Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a major boost to a floundering relationship. The agreement is a major boon for India’s economy, with tariffs on products to one of its biggest export markets falling from 50 to 18 percent. One of the big questions about the deal,…