Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
From tariff concessions to accepting deportees, India is pulling out all the stops to win favor with President Donald Trump ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House on Thursday. India, the world’s largest democracy, enters a second Trump term in a relatively strong position. Trump and Modi, India’s Hindu nationalist leader of more than a decade, have similar worldviews and a personal rapport that goes back years, and India has become a strategic U.S.
“These are the things that, believe it or not, I think create a lot of goodwill with Trump,” Vaishnav said. “I do think that that personal relationship is going to matter.” Modi, who lost his outright parliamentary majority in last year’s general election in part over economic concerns, is keen to make deals with the U.S., one of India’s largest trading partners. India, the world’s largest arms importer, may agree to buy more U.S.
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