US vice-president to fulfill Modi in Delhi amid tariff tensions | EUROtoday

US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived within the Indian capital the place he is because of maintain talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid world commerce tensions sparked by Washington’s tariff insurance policies.

The talks are more likely to give attention to quick monitoring a much-awaited bilateral commerce deal between the 2 international locations.

Vance can be anticipated to go on a sightseeing tour of Agra and Jaipur along with his household.

His go to comes as international locations internationally rush to barter a commerce deal earlier than US President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends on 9 July.

“The two sides will also exchange views on regional and global developments of mutual interest,” India’s overseas ministry stated forward of Vance’s go to.

The vice-president is accompanied by his youngsters and spouse Usha Vance whose mother and father migrated to the US from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

After his arrival in Delhi on Monday morning, Vance visited the Akshardham temple advanced in Delhi.

He is because of meet Modi for formal talks later within the day and Modi is to host Vance for dinner within the night.

The go to comes amid escalating commerce tensions between Washington and several other international locations after Trump introduced steep reciprocal tariffs on them.

Trump, who has repeatedly known as Delhi a tariff abuser, had introduced a tariff of 27% on India earlier than he briefly paused it on 9 April.

India has already slashed tariffs on some US items, with additional cuts anticipated because the stability of commerce remains to be stacked closely in favour of Delhi, which enjoys a $45bn commerce surplus.

India’s common tariffs of round 12% are additionally considerably greater than the US’s 2%.

Until just lately, the US was India’s largest buying and selling associate, with bilateral commerce reaching $190bn (£144bn).

Prime Minister Modi was among the many first leaders to fulfill Trump after his inauguration. Modi hailed a “mega partnership” with the United States following his assembly with the president.

Trump and Modi set an formidable goal to greater than double bilateral commerce to $500bn, as the 2 leaders introduced a deal for India to import extra from America, together with oil and gasoline.

Weeks later, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited India, adopted by a US delegation led by Assistant Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch.

Vance’s India tour can be seen as vital as Trump is more likely to go to the nation later this 12 months for the Quad summit, which can even host leaders of Australia and Japan.

Speaking about Vance’s engagements in India, Indian overseas ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal final week stated Delhi was “very positive that the visit will give a further boost to our bilateral ties”.

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