For the United States, India offers a diplomatic and military counterbalance to China’s power in the region.
| Narendra Modi arrives in the US on his first official state visit with India’s geopolitical clout higher than at any point since he took power in 2014. He’ll be looking to leverage that to become an indispensable partner for American tech ambitions.
Both nations see Beijing as a threat, with Mr Biden expanding Trump-era export curbs to China and Mr Modi’s government banning hundreds of Chinese apps in the wake of a border clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead in 2020.Differences, however, persist between Washington and New Delhi over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. India has not condemned Russia and has urged both sides to resolve their differences through diplomacy.
On Tuesday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said there’s no “more consequential” partner than India when it comes to issues such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, resilient supply chains, clean energy, semiconductors and climate change. “India as a consumer of technology is now being replaced by an India which is at the table, wanting to frame the standards along with like-minded nations for the future of technology,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a minister who often speaks on behalf of the government’s tech policy team, told Bloomberg News in a recent interview.
It’s worked: Hon Hai plans a $US700 million plant for iPhone parts and Samsung Electronics is also looking to expand production.
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