US Vice President JD Vance, who is in India for a four-day visit, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for a closed-door meeting. The meeting between the two leaders came at a time when the world is facing uncertainty over a raging US-China trade war.
The meeting, which was followed by delegation-level talks, also comes at a time when India and the United States are at an advanced stage of talks to firm up a bilateral trade deal that will benefit both nations.
President Trump, who had imposed a 26 per cent tariff over and above the previous 10 per cent tariff on Indian goods, has currently put the new “reciprocal” tariffs on “pause” for 90 days – which is seen be economists as a window to finalize the “win-win” trade deal between bother sides.
India and the United States enjoy a special and privileged partnership and are widely seen as custodians of the democratic world, being the largest and the oldest democracies respectively.