At a time when US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy is creating a huge stir across the world, the visit to India of US Vice President J.D. Vance and his Indian-origin wife Usha is being considered very significant.
Trump’s tariff policy is also affecting India, which makes Vance’s visit to India even more significant. This is the first visit to India by a US Vice President in 13 years. Earlier, Joe Biden visited India as US Vice President in 2013.
US Vice President J. D. Vance discussed a range of key issues, including trade, tariffs, regional security and ways to advance bilateral relations with Indian Prime Minister Modi during his visit to India. He welcomed the significant progress in negotiations for a mutually beneficial India-US bilateral trade agreement focused on the well-being of the people of both countries. The two leaders noted continued efforts to enhance cooperation in energy, defense, strategic technology and other areas. They discussed a range of regional and global issues of mutual interest and called for dialogue and diplomacy to move forward. Earlier, the two leaders met at the Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris this year. At that time, Modi attended the birthday of Vance’s son Vivek and gifted him toys. This was Modi’s first meeting with a senior official of the Trump-2 government.
Both India and the US are the world’s largest democracies. Cooperation between the two countries on issues like defense, trade, technology and climate change is constantly increasing. If the US is the world’s largest economic power, then India is also among the world’s major economic powers. A lot of progress has been made on the economic front in recent years, due to which India is becoming a developed country from a developing country, which is an indicator of India’s progress. Due to this, the agreements between the two countries are of great importance in the world. That is why the eyes of the whole world are on the visit of the US Vice President to India.
The US is a big market for India and India is a strategic partner for the US. In such a situation, the visit of Vice President Vance is also being seen as a very important diplomatic mission. After Trump’s tariff war, India is busy shaping a bilateral trade agreement with the US so that trade can be made viable while serving the interests of both countries.
This visit of J. D. Vance is being considered important in terms of giving a new direction to the technical and strategic cooperation between India and the US. India’s semiconductor policy, Digital India campaign and increasing participation in global manufacturing are areas where strong agreements can be made between the two countries.
Experts believe that if this visit leads to progress on issues like technical investment, research cooperation and supply chain diversification, it will be a big step towards making India a global hub for electronics and technological innovation.
During the India visit, the US Vice President, after meeting and holding important talks with Prime Minister Modi, toured various places in India, which shows his love for India. J. D. Vance’s visit to India is also important for the people of India because his wife Usha Chilkuri’s native area is in Andhra Pradesh. His wife Usha’s parents had gone to America, Usha was born there and this is her first visit to India. Last year, in the US presidential elections, the wife of the vice presidential candidate made headlines in the media because she is of Indian origin. It is believed that Vance’s visit to India will strengthen cultural ties between the US and India. His visit to India has been making headlines all over the world. The Modi-Vance talks are very important in the backdrop of the ongoing dialogue between the two countries on a bilateral trade agreement.
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