PM Narendra Modi will visit the us on February 12-13 at the invitation of President Donald Trump. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders after Trump Assume Office for his second term. Modi will be the fourth global leader to visit the us since trump’s inaugulation.
On the ageda
To build on the Strong-India-Robal Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Set An Ambitious Agenda for a Mutly Beneficial and Trusted Relationship Across All Sectors. Focus Likely on Enhancing Cooperation in TRADE, Nuclear Energy, Defense, Critical and Emerging Technologies, Coonter-Terrorism and Indo-Pacific.
Also on the ageda are differentces over trade or what trump calls need for Fair Trade, Illegal Migration and Visa delays. India will seek trump’s cooperation in Carrying Recent Landmark Initiatives Like ICET and ICET and IMEEC, bot launched under the biden administration. Even as Trump Threets to Slap Higher Tariffs on India and other Ed in 2019, while allowing the US great Market access. Meeting with Business Leaders, Talks With Elon Musk Not Ruled Out.
Previous interactions
- Modi Visited Us in June 2017 and Hosted Trump for a State Visit in February 2020
- The two leaders have also spoken on the phone Twice Since November 2024 (November 6, 2024, and January 27, 2025)
- In Early Engagement with the New Administration, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar represented the PM at Trump’s Inaugence. During the visit, jaishankar met secretary of state marco rubio and participated in the quad foreign ministers’ meeting in jan
Areas of Engagement
1) bilateral ties
- India and the us launched a ‘strategic partnership’ in 2005
- India-Rus Ties was elevated to Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership during Trump’s Visit to India in February 2020
- During the first trump Administration, The Indo-Pacific Region Gained Significant Attention as a Key Strategic Area In Us Foreign Policy
- In concert with japan; Australia, the US and India reinvigorated the quadrailateral dialogue. Trump Administration Took The Lead in Promoting Quad from a Senior-Offful Dialogue to a Ministerial-Level Dialogue. Under the biden administration, quad was elevated to a Leaders Summit
2) Trade and Investment
- The us is one of the largest trading partners of India with overall bilateral trade and services of $ 190 billion in 2023. India has a trade surplus of over $ 36 Billion
- DURING FY 2023-24, Us was the third largest source of FDI INTO INTO INFLWS of Almost $ 5 Billion
3) Energy partnership
- The US is India’s Sixth Larget Energy Trade Partner And India’s Hydrocarbon Trade with the Us was $ 13.6 Billion in FY 2023-24
4) Education and Cultural
- Cooperation India, Us Signed The First Ever ‘Cultural Property Agreement’ in 2024 to Prevent and Curb The Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities. Us has returned 578 antiquities to India since 2016
- Us is one of the most favorite destinations for Indian students for higher education
5) Defense cooperation
- India-Rus Defense Cooperation is based on ‘New Framework for India-Race Defense Cooperation’ which was renewed for 10 years in 2015
- In 2016, The Defense Relationship was designated as a Major Defense Partnership
- The apex dialogue mechanism is the 2+2 ministerial dialogue. It provides guidance on political, Military and strategic issues
- India is one of the largest million exercise partners for the US
- India has contracted for more than $ 20 billion us-origin defense articles Since 2008, Including C-130J, C-17 and Apache
6) S & T And Space Cooperation
- The Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement was renewed in September 2019 for 10 years
- Isro and nasa are developing a microwave remote sensing satellite for Earth observation: nasa-isro synthetic aperture radar
- In January 2024, Nasa and Isro Signed a Joint Statement of Intent to Mount a Joint Efort to the Interna Tional Space Station
- Isro has nominated two Indian astronauts on the axiom-4 mission to the in ternational space station, who are currently being trained in the us
- India and Us Have Strong Cooperation in Critical and Emerging Technologies. Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology (ICET) was launched by the nsas in washington in Jan 2023
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