U.S. President Donald Trump and India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed issues ranging from weapons sales to trade when they met in Washington on Thursday but in public remarks avoided the sensitive subjects of human rights and minority abuses.

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint news conference as the two leaders work toward a trade deal and try to reinforce a relationship. Earlier on Thursday, Trump announced that the United States will tax foreign goods at the same rate other nations apply to American products,