<h1>Indian minister seeks expanded US-India energy trade, nuclear collaboration, critical minerals, transmission, and aligned regulations to avoid trade weaponization</h1> A senior Indian minister announced plans to expand bilateral energy trade with the United States and to include significant US involvement in India's energy security strategy, linking this to ongoing negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement. The minister advocated collaboration on nuclear power, critical minerals, cross-border transmission infrastructure and aligned regulatory frameworks to prevent geopoliticization or 'weaponization' of energy trade. He signaled government support to double nuclear capacity and to scale clean energy generation, while warning that unilateral measures like the EU's carbon-adjustment mechanism could distort trade and raise legal and economic risks for exporters and regulators.