New Delhi, July 10 -- India should remain patient and avoid making early concessions in its ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, as Washington's current negotiating style relies heavily on strategic uncertainty and issue-linking to maximise leverage, according to an SBI Ecowrap research report released on Friday.

The report argues that the US administration is using uncertainty as a bargaining tool not only in trade but also across NATO, Iran, China and Greenland, making ambiguity itself a source of negotiating power.

"US Administration is using uncertainty as a bargaining instrument across NATO, Iran, tariffs, Greenland, China and also India," the report said, adding that in game-theory terms Washington is "preserving inc...