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US Vice President JD Vance has arrived in the Indian capital in Delhi, where he is to negotiate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid world trading tensions caused by Washington tariff.
Negotiations are likely to focus on the rapid tracking of the long -awaited bilateral trading transaction between the two countries.
Vens is expected to go to Agra and Jaipur with his family.
His visit comes when countries around the world hurry to talks on trade transactions before the 90-day pause Donald Trump at mutual tariffs, ends on July 9.
“Both sides will also exchange views on regional and global developments that are of mutual interest,” said the Indian Foreign Ministry before Vens’s visit.
The vice president is accompanied by children and wife Usha Vens, whose parents moved to the US from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
After arriving in Delhi on Monday morning, Vnes visited the Akshard temple complex in the city.
Later on that day, he should meet with the Prime Minister of the Indian Prime Minister for official negotiations, and Modi is to spend Vens for dinner in the evening.
The visit comes amid escalation of trade tensions between Washington and several countries after Trump has announced steep mutual tariffs on them.
Trump, who repeatedly called Delhi tariff, announced a 27% tariff in India before temporarily stopped at his April 9.
India has already reduced tariffs for some US goods, and further cuts are expected because the balance of trade is still complex in favor of Delhi, which enjoys $ 45 billion.
The average tariffs in India are about 12%, also much higher than 2% in the US.
Until recently, the US was the largest trading partner in India, and the bilateral trade reached $ 190 billion (144 billion pounds).
Modi Prime Minister was one of the first leaders who met Trump after the inauguration. After the meeting with the President of the Modi, the “Mega Part Order” with the United States.
Trump and Modi set an ambitious goal of more than double -sided trade up to $ 500 billion, as two executives announced that India had been concluded into India more than imports from America, including oil and gas.
A few weeks later, the director of the National Intelligence Director Tulsy Gabard visited India, after which a US delegation led by Southern and Central Asia trading representative Lynch.
The Vence tour in India is also considered as significant, as Trump is likely to visit the country at the Quad summit, which will also be held by Australian and Japan leaders.
Speaking about the interaction of Vnes in India, the press -secretary of the Foreign Ministry of India Randhir Jaeswal said last week that Delhi “Very convinced that the visit will give another incentive for our bilateral ties.”
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