US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in the American investment, Delhi, where he is expected to hold conversations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid global commerce tensions sparked by Washington’s tax laws.
The deals are likely to focus on quick tracking a much-awaited bilateral trade bargain between the two countries.
Vance is also expected to go on a sightseeing tour of Agra and Jaipur with his community.
His visit comes as states across the world scramble to negotiate trade deals before US President Donald Trump’s 90-day wait on bilateral taxes ends on 9 July.
” The two factors will also change opinions on regional and global innovations of mutual curiosity,” India’s foreign ministry said forward of Vance’s visit.
The vice-president is accompanied by his children and wife Usha Vance whose families migrated to the US from the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh.
After his appearance in Delhi on Monday night, Vance visited the Akshardham temple complex in the area.
He is due to join the Indian prime minister for official talks later in the day and Modi is to network Vance for breakfast in the evening.
The visit comes amid escalating trade hostilities between Washington and some states after Trump announced rough mutual tariffs on them.
Trump, who has repeatedly called Delhi a tax offender, had announced a tax of 27 % on India before he briefly paused it on 9 April.
India has previously slashed taxes on some US products, with more breaks expected as the balance of trade is also stacked strongly in favour of Delhi, which enjoys a$ 45bn trade deficit.
India’s average tariffs of around 12 % are also significantly higher than the US’s 2 %.
Until recently, the US was India’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching$ 190bn ( £144bn ).
Prime Minister Modi was among the first rulers to match Trump after his inauguration. Modi hailed a “mega agreement” with the United States following his meeting with the president.
Trump and Modi set an ambitious goal to more than twice bilateral trade to$ 500bn, as the two leaders announced a package for India to buy more from America, including oil and gas.
Weeks afterwards, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited India, followed by a US committee led by Assistant Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch.
Vance’s India trip is also seen as important as Trump is likely to visit the country after this year for the Quad mountain, which will also host rulers of Australia and Japan.
Speaking about Vance’s activities in India, American foreign department spokeswoman Randhir Jaiswal last year said Delhi was “very good that the visit may give a further increase to our diplomatic relationships”.
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