Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the United States from February 12 to 13 for the invitation of President Donald Trump. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders after Trump assumed the position for his second term. Modi will be the fourth world leader to visit the United States from the inauguration of Trump.
On the agenda
Build on the global strategic association of India-India and establish an ambitious agenda for a mutually beneficial and reliable relationship in all sectors. The approach probably in improving cooperation in commerce, nuclear energy, defense, critical and emerging technologies, counter-terrorism and indo-pacific.
Also on the agenda there are differences on trade or what Trump Llama needs for fair trade, illegal migration and visa delays. India will seek the cooperation of Trump to carry out recent emblematic initiatives such as ICET and IMEEC, both launched under the Biden administration. Although Trump threatens to slapped higher tariff In 2019, while allowing the USA. UU. Access to the market. Meet with business leaders, no conversations were ruled out with Elon Musk.
Previous interactions
- Modi visited us in June 2017 and received 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 the early commitment to the new administration, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, S Jaishankar represented the prime minister at the inauguration of Trump. During the visit, Jaishankar met with the Secretary of State for Marco Rubio and participated in the meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers in January
Commitment areas
1) bilateral ties
- India and the United States launched a ‘strategic association’ in 2005
- India-US ties were raised to a comprehensive global strategic association 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 the foreign policy of the United States
- In concert with Japan; Australia, the United States and India revitalized the quadrilateral dialogue. The Trump administration took the lead in the promotion of Quad of an official higher level dialogue to a dialogue at the ministerial level. According to the Biden administration, Quad rose to a leaders
2) Trade and investment
- The United States is one of the largest commercial partners in India with general bilateral trade of goods and services of $ 190 billion in 2023. India has a commercial surplus of more than $ 36 billion
- During fiscal year 2023-24, USA was the third largest source of FDI in India with tickets of almost $ 5 billion
3) Energy Association
- The United States is the sixth largest energy commerce in India and the Indian hydrocarbons trade with the US. It was $ 13.6 billion in fiscal year 2023-24
4) Education and cultural
- Cooperation India, USA. The United States has returned 578 antiques to India since 2016
- The United States is one of the most favored destinations for Indian students for higher education
5) Defense cooperation
- India-US Defense Cooperation is based on the ‘New Framework for Indian Defense Cooperation. UU. ‘, Which was renewed for 10 years in 2015
- In 2016, the defense relationship was designated as an important defense association
- 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 military exercise partners for the United States
- India has hired more than $ 20 billion in American 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 remotetection satellite for Earth’s observation: NASA-ISRO SYNTHETIC OPENING RADAR
- In January 2024, NASA and ISRO signed a joint statement of intention to set up a joint effort to the International Space Station
- Isro has nominated two Indian astronauts in the Axiom-4 mission to the space station in ternational, which are currently being trained in the United States.
- India and the United States have strong cooperation in critical and emerging technologies. The Critical and Emerging Technology initiative (ICET) was launched by the NSAs in Washington in January 2023
