US Vice President JD Vance arrives in New Delhi Monday morning on a four-day visit. In the evening he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet with senior ministers of the government. The Prime Minister will host a dinner for Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance, and their three children. His wife is of Indian origin. Her parents are Telugu-speaking academics from Andhra Pradesh who migrated to the US in the early 70s. Her father, Krish Chilukuri, is an engineer teaching at San Diego State University, while mother Lakshmi is a molecular biology professor and provost of the Sixth College at UC San Diego. Vance and his family will also travel to Jaipur and Agra. They are scheduled to attend a family wedding in the Pink City.
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“The vice president has come to represent an intellectual wing of the conservative movement that gives expression to Trumpism and, in particular, how its America First mantra applies beyond its borders. In writings and interviews, Vance has expressed an ideology that seems to join the dots between American workers, global elites and the role of the US in the wider world,’’ Mike Wendling, BBC National Digital Editor, wrote last month.
There will be no such drama during the India visit, as New Delhi has been careful not to provoke the Trump Administration and has kept contentious discussions behind closed doors. India and the US are at the moment negotiating a trade deal, the first tranche of which is expected to be finalised by autumn.
The talks between the prime minister and Vance will focus on a wide range of subjects and particularly on the trade agreement. Vance will push India to open up its markets, especially the agriculture sector, and call for second-generation economic reforms. The Indo-Pacific cooperation and the role of the Quad – the US, India, Japan, and Australia – and its workings will be reviewed. The current trade war between the US and China, the US efforts at peacemaking between Russia and Ukraine, and regional issues including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and US-Iran talks will all be on the table.
"The visit will provide an opportunity for both sides to review the progress in bilateral relations and the implementation of the outcomes of the India-U.S. Joint Statement issued on 13 February 2025 during the visit of the Prime Minister to the US. The two sides will also exchange views on regional and global developments of mutual interest," the MEA said in a statement announcing the visit.
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