Overview
- Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra met Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapur at the State Department for a second time in a week to discuss common interests and advancing the partnership.
- Kwatra also met Senator Steve Daines to review trade ties, the newly signed 10-year defence framework, and collaboration opportunities in technology and innovation.
- India and the United States signed the 10-year defence framework in Kuala Lumpur last week, with Rajnath Singh and Pete Hegseth presenting it as a signal of expanding strategic cooperation.
- President Donald Trump said talks with New Delhi are "going good" and indicated he could travel to India next year, while the White House describes the trade negotiations as very serious.
- Trade tensions persist after Washington raised tariffs on Indian goods to 50 percent and added a 25 percent duty tied to Russian crude purchases, a move India called unfair, unjustified and unreasonable.