{
  "id": 15824359,
  "title": "Marco Rubio, S Jaishankar discuss energy ties as India-US trade deal nears finalisation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/marco-rubio-s-jaishankar-discuss-energy-ties-as-india-us-trade-deal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Economy",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-economy",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/marco-rubio-s-jaishankar-discuss-energy-ties-as-india-us-trade-deal-nears-finalisation/articleshow/135076515.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi witnessed a high-level meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday. The agenda of the bilateral talks ranged from energy ties, technology cooperation, defence partnership to the highly anticipated US-India trade deal. Post the meeting, Rubio held individual talks with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, expressing the US desire for increased energy cooperation. Jaishankar, in his post-meeting statement on X, highlighted the focus on advancing strategic ties, encompassing trade, energy, technology, defence and people-to-people relations. He also shared views on regional developments.",
  "summary": "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and S Jaishankar discussed energy security, defence, technology and regional issues in Mumbai. Rubio said the India-US trade deal was close to finalisation, with a few issues remaining.",
  "key_points": [
    "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi.",
    "Meeting covered energy ties, technology cooperation, defence partnership, and US-India trade deal."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Rubio hails ‘great’ meeting with Jaishankar, UAE foreign minister on regional energy security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/rubio-hails-great-meeting-with-jaishankar-uae-foreign-minister-on",
        "published": "2026-10-20T12:25:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Trade deal close, says Mark Rubio, asks India to scale up purchase of US tech, energy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/trade-deal-close-says-mark-rubio-asks-india-to-scale-up-purchase-of",
        "published": "2026-10-21T01:00:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}