<h1>Use of trade threats alleged to have induced India Pakistan ceasefire; India denies any third party intervention.</h1> A US leader asserted that conditioning trade deals and imposing tariffs induced India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire, repeatedly claiming tariff leverage prompted peace; domestic political actors publicly contested the government's response to these claims. India denies any third party intervention. The context notes an Indian retaliatory military operation targeting cross border infrastructure and an ensuing bilateral understanding to end hostilities after a period of drone and missile exchanges.