US And India

United States Senator Jon Ossoff arrived in India on Tuesday on an eight-day visit to boost bilateral relations between the two countries

US Deputy Treasury Secretary has called for the bolstering of supply chain resiliency between "trusted partners" like the United States and India to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific

: A US treasury official has concluded his visit to India that included meetings among others with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with discussions on issues like energy prices and Ukraine. On August 26, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo met with government officials in New Delhi, including Sitharaman, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra, Ministry of Finance Secretary Ajay Seth, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary Vijay Kwatra, and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Secretary Pankaj Jain. During the meeting, Adeyemo discussed ways that the United States and India could work together to address shared global challenges like food insecurity and high energy prices. He raised that ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine was critical to addressing these issues, the Treasury said in a readout of the meetings. Adeyemo also shared with counterparts the United States' views on ways to put downward pressure on energy prices for consumers and businesses in .

India and US held consultations on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issues on Wednesday and exchanged views on various thematic and country-specific issues on the agenda of the UNSC.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will deliver a message of solidarity with the people of India, as the US partners with the country to save lives and hasten the end of the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department has said. Harris is slated to deliver her address at the top of an online event Bolstering US COVID Relief Efforts in India: Perspectives from the Diaspora organised by the State Department. Harris, 56, is the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected US Vice President. Kamala Harris will provide an opening message on US solidarity with the people of India as we partner to save lives & hasten the end of the pandemic, the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department announced on Wednesday. The event on Friday noon local time will be hosted by Ervin Massinga, senior advisor in the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department. Massinga will provide an overview of the US government's relief efforts and ..

While the forum is advocating India not just as a preferred market but also as an export hub, many member firms have raised concerns about sudden policy changes impacting inbound global investments.

Officials said the basic contours of the package must be renegotiated as experts had said the earlier terms were favourable to the US without helping India

India and US have developed close political and security ties. But bilateral trade, which stood at $126 billion in 2017, is widely seen to be performing at nearly a quarter of its potential