Relations between India and America. (file photo)
India and America On June 4-5, the first meeting will be held regarding trade between the two countries. This includes increasing exports, high-tech commerce, and providing access to critical and emerging technologies (ETechs).ICET) on the results of the initiative will be implemented. Along with this, the facility of transfer of technology between the two countries will be promoted. According to media reports, the National Security Advisors of both the countries (NSA) the first ICET dialogue was held on 31 January.
At the same time, the decision to hold this Strategic Business Meeting was taken when US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo came to India on March 10 to resume bilateral commercial talks.
PM Modi’s US visit on June 22
Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra will meet Alan Estevez, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security for the meeting. Along with this, PM will travel to America early next month to make last-minute preparations for Narendra Modi’s June 22 visit. Let us tell you that in June PM Modi is going to the White House to meet US President Biden.
Hope to meet Biden in Japan
PM Modi is also expected to meet President Biden during the G-7 meeting in Japan on May 19-21. After this, Biden may meet PM Modi in Papua New Guinea this month. He will attend the meeting of the leaders of the Pacific Islands. Here, defense cooperation with PNG is expected to counter the growing interference of Chinese security in the Solomon Islands of America.
Whereas in the Indo-Pacific, it should be made easier for American companies by jointly eliminating all barriers under International Traffic in (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). So that high-tech systems such as aircraft engines, ammunition technology and armed drones can be produced in India.
America ready to supply armed drones
The US is expected to approve General Electric’s application to jointly produce the F-414 jet engine in India for the Tejas Mark II ahead of PM Modi’s visit, according to diplomats in Washington and New Delhi. Will give US defense major GE is also in talks with its subsidiary partners in the European Union to transfer the manufacturing of F-414 engines to India. The US is also ready to supply armed drones to India to counter the Chinese armed drone threat along the LAC.
Semiconductor Flexible Supply Chain in India
Apart from launching an innovation pairing Indian and US defense startups, India is also seeking US intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) technology to enhance maritime domain awareness in the Indo-Pacific. In addition, the two countries are actively cooperating to establish a semiconductor-flexible supply chain in India with an eye on the Chinese military threat to Taiwan and the semiconductor industry based there.