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Lift trade barriers, boost US imports, Vance tells India
Mint Mumbai
|April 23, 2025
An Indian team is heading to the US for talks on the first tranche of a bilateral trade deal
S vice president J.D. Vance on Tuesday urged India to drop non-tariff barriers, provide access to its markets and buy more American energy and defence hardware even as he emphasised the importance of the two sides working together to ensure a peaceful and prosperous 21st century.
Delivering a speech on India-US relations at the Rajasthan International Centre, Vance was effusive in his praise of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he sought to strike a balance between the Trump administration's economic agenda and the goal of strengthening the partnership between Washington and New Delhi.
Speaking a day after his meeting with Modi in New Delhi, when the two sides announced "significant progress" in negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement and the finalization of terms of reference for the deal, Vance said President Donald Trump wants India to grow and to build a future along with partners.
Vance also criticized previous US administrations for their handling of ties with India, saying Washington had approached Modi "with an attitude of preachiness or even...condescension".
This story is from the April 23, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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