Last week I moderated an amazing panel of diplomats representing Japan, India, Australia and the USA at my second Quad event in Los Angeles. This one was at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. So I am pleased to learn that foreign ministers from the Quad nations - Australia, India,...
Trump, Modi To Double U.S.-India Trade; Weapons, Fuel, Nuclear Reactors Exports
After a four hour meeting between President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi several significant bits of trade news emerged. * The two countries agreed to double bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2020. (This number was first mentioned by a US Vice President in ~2014 in Mumbai...
President Trump's Itinerary in India
President Donald Trump, accompanied by wife Melania Trump and three cabinet members, will arrive in Ahmedabad at noon on Monday, February 24 for 36-hour-long trip. As of this moment,the three secretaries will be Steve Mnuchin of Treasury, Wilbur Ross of Commerce and Dan Brouillette who recently took over the Energy Department....
Modi Felicitated by U.S. Politicians, Business Leaders, Senior Thinkers
It is not just President Donald Trump alone who congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory; congratulatory messages have been pouring in from the Vice President, Secretary of State, senior Senators, Governors of U.S. states, business leaders and senior American thinkers and academicians. "Congratulations to Prime Minister @NarendraModi...
U.S. House Passes Bill on Defense Cooperation with India
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $621.5 billion defense policy bill that includes defense cooperation with India. An amendment in this regard, moved by Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the House as part of the National Defense Authorization Act 2018, beginning October 1...
Westinghouse Nuclear Project in India Still Alive
The bankruptcy filing at Westinghouse Nuclear threatened to scuttle the multi-billion-dollar reactor deal made by former U.S. President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister Modi during the Washington summit last June, , Westinghouse CEO Jose Gutierrez was in India for talks with state-run National Power Corp of India Ltd and...