MODI, VANCE Praise Progress in Trade Talks as Higher Tariffs

India and the United States are progressing in negotiations on a bilateral trade transaction, the countries said after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President J. D. Vens in Delhi.

Currently Haens on four days Visit to India with his wife and three children.

“We strive for mutually profitable cooperation, including trade, technology, protection, energy and people to people,” Modi wrote on x After meeting on Monday night. He also held dinner for Vnes and his family at his residence.

India is one of a number of countries that negotiate trading transactions from US President Donald Trump 90-day pause At higher tariffs ending on July 9.

India has been installed in face 27% tariffs on the US Before the pause was announced. Delhi and Washington have been working on the early conclusion of trade negotiations since then.

Modi and Trump share warm personal relationships – Indian Prime Minister was one of the first world leaders Visit Trump After his second term, it began. But the US president has repeatedly aimed at the high tariffs of India, branding it with the “tariff king” and “the great abuser” of trade ties.

Even in a statement issued on Monday after Vens meeting, US trade spokesman Jamison Grir isolated “A serious lack of reciprocity in trading relations with India.”

Over the past few months, India has already reduced tariffs for a number of goods and has been considering wider cuts to pacify Trump. But the sectors like agriculture – Washington wants more access to it, but India strongly protects it – still remain points.

In addition to trading, also two leaders discuss Cooperation in Defense, Strategic Technology and Energy, the MODI office said.

The Indian Prime Minister also said he hopes to accept Trump in India this year. This year, Delhi hosts a square summit, and the US president is expected to participate.

After the bilateral meeting, talks were held at the level of the delegation and dinner held by Modi.

Vnes arrived in India on Monday, accompanied by Usha’s wife and their three children. Usha Vens’s parents moved to the US from the southern state of Andhra, and some media reports said that Vnes and his wife are seeking to introduce their children to their Indian heritage.

Photos of three children wearing Indian style or two boys in Kurt Pigamas and a three-year Mirabel, which carries Lehengo-Paul arrival in India were sale on Indian newspapers and sites.

The rest of Vnes’s visit is largely personal. After meeting with Modi, the family left for the city of Jaipur, where they visited the historic fortress of America on Tuesday. UNA is expected to make a speech about US and India’s relations in Jaipur.

The family is also ready to visit the iconic Taj -Makhal in Agra on Wednesday before flying to the United States the next day.

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