2020 Trump’s State visit to India
… India must buy more american goods!
Modi rolls out red carpet for Trump India visit
US President Donald Trump has arrived in India for his first state visit to the country. During the two-day trip, he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trade and security issues are set to dominate discussions. He’s being welcomed by 100-thousand people at a rally in Gujarat state from where Al Jazeera’s India correspondent Elizabeth Puranam reports.
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In a lively event at the world’s biggest cricket stadium, Trump and Modi addressed a full house of cheering attendees. The trip comes amid simmering trade tensions. The US is India’s second-largest trade partner, after China. In 2019, the US goods trade deficit was more than $23 billion.
Washington wants India to buy more American agricultural products before it agrees to a wider pact. The two countries have been strengthening defense ties. India is now a Major Defense Partner of the US.
Last year, the two sides signed a deal to ease the transfer of advanced weaponry and share encrypted military communications. Trump said he and Modi will sign around $3 billion worth of defense deals during the visit.
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