Commerce is ready to dominate the agenda as US President Donald Trump welcomes India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White Home.
Senior White Home officers on Thursday mentioned the hope is to have a bilateral commerce deal in place between the 2 international locations this yr. The 2 leaders will focus talks on areas comparable to commerce, defence, vitality, infrastructure and regional partnerships, they added.
“There’s been some early physique language from the federal government of India that has been properly acquired by the Trump administration,” one White Home official mentioned. “They’re early however modest steps.”
“I anticipate what you will see popping out of [the] assembly as we speak is additional momentum in direction of a solidified honest — and I emphasise that phrase honest — bilateral commerce association between our two dynamic and rising economies,” the official mentioned.
