Speculation continues regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Donald Trump. It has become a major topic of discussion that PM Modi and President Trump are going to meet in the ASEAN Summit to be held in Malaysia after five days. There is political turmoil regarding this issue from India to America.

In fact, the ASEAN summit is going to start in Malaysia from Sunday (October 26, 2025), in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are likely to attend. In such a situation, there is a lot of speculation about the meeting between the leaders of two major countries of the world in this conference.

US And the Government of India did not make any official announcement

Malaysia’s leadership has already confirmed US President Donald Trump’s participation in the ASEAN summit. However, the White House of America has not yet issued any official statement in this regard. At the same time, the Indian government has also not yet officially confirmed whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the ASEAN summit or not.

Why is there so much discussion about the possible meeting of Trump-Modi?,

The discussion regarding the possible meeting of President Trump and PM Modi at the ASEAN Summit to be held in Malaysia is in full swing amid the tension over US tariffs on India. There are many reasons behind this, in which the chances of Donald Trump attending the G20 summit to be held in Johannesburg in November 2025 are very less. On the other hand, the date for the next summit between the Quad countries has not been decided yet. In such a situation, the only possibility could be a meeting between the leaders of these two countries in the conference to be held in Malaysia.

Mea on us tariff: US President Donald Trump had announced to impose recipes on April 2 on many countries of the world including India, on which the reaction of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs has come. The MEA said on Friday (March 21) that the two countries are negotiating to resolve issues like tariffs and market access.

This reaction from the Ministry of External Affairs has come two days after Donald Trump planned to put a recipe crocus on India next month. This step of America can affect Indian exports. Mea spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that both countries are talking and it is expected that soon there will be some kind of understanding between the two.

What did Mea say about the American tariff?

Jaiswal told in media briefing that India is talking to the US administration to finalize the beneficial multi -regional trade agreement for both countries. However, he did not directly answer the question whether India expects a discount in the reciperook tariff to be implemented from April 2.

Trump spoke on tariff even during PM Modi’s visit

When PM Modi went to Washington to interact with Trump in February, the two countries announced that they would negotiate the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement by the autumn of 2025. Despite this conversation, Trump has raised his voice against India’s tariff structure and said many times that he will put reciperook tariffs.

Trump once again attacked India

Trump on Wednesday attacked Breetbart News in an interview, calling India one of the most tariffs. He said, ‘I have very good relations with India, but the only problem with India is that they are one of the most tariffs in the world. I believe that they are probably going to reduce those tariffs to a great extent, but on April 2, we will charge them the same tariff from them.

Will trade war be sprinkled in the world?

Trump’s tariff threats have given air to the apprehensions of global trade war. Many countries are thinking counter -measures to deal with this situation. When Jaiswal was asked on the issue whether India is expecting some concessions from America, he said, ‘We will have to wait till the conclusion of the conversation.’

Trade between the two countries will be $ 500 billion in 5 years: Government

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasad told Parliament on Friday that the Government of India is working to increase bilateral trade relations in a mutually beneficial and fair manner with the US administration. In response to the CPM MP, Jitin Prasad said that apart from negotiations on bilateral trade agreement, the two sides have agreed to deepen economic relations and deepen trade relations in various fields to two -way trade by 2030 to reach more than double $ 500 billion.