JD Vance arrives in India for a 4-day visit that includes personal engagements and talks on trade

NEW DELHI – U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived successful India connected Monday for a four-day sojourn arsenic New Delhi looks to debar U.S. tariffs and negociate a bilateral commercialized woody with Washington.

Vance volition conscionable Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected the archetypal time of his mostly idiosyncratic visit. The 2 leaders are expected to clasp discussions connected bilateral ties outlined successful February erstwhile Modi met President Donald Trump successful Washington.

The U.S. is India’s largest trading spouse and the 2 countries are present holding negotiations aiming to seal a bilateral commercialized statement this year.

They person acceptable an ambitious people of much than doubling their bilateral commercialized to $500 cardinal by 2030. If achieved, the commercialized woody could importantly heighten economical ties betwixt the 2 countries and perchance fortify diplomatic ties arsenic well.

Vance’s archetypal sojourn to New Delhi comes amid the backdrop of Trump's now-paused tariff programme against astir countries, including India. It besides coincides with a rapidly intensifying commercialized warfare betwixt Washington and Beijing, which is New Delhi’s main rival successful the region.

Modi was among the archetypal leaders to sojourn the U.S. and clasp talks with Trump aft helium returned to the White House. During his visit, Modi kickstarted a dialog process to minimize the imaginable fallout of Trump’s tariffs.

Vance is accompanied by his wife, Usha Vance, whose parents are from India, on with their children and officials from the U.S. administration. The mates volition sojourn humanities sites successful the cities of Jaipur and Agra.

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