{"id":4752,"date":"2025-04-22T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T18:00:47","slug":"us-aims-to-boost-energy-and-defence-sales-to-india-jd-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4752","title":{"rendered":"US aims to boost energy and defence sales to India: JD Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The United States is looking to sell more energy and defence equipment to India, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday on a visit to the country, adding that ties between the two countries will shape the century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf India and the United States work together successfully, we\u2019re going to see a 21st century that is prosperous and peaceful,\u201d he said in a speech in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also believe that if we fail to work together successfully, the 21st century could be a very dark time for all of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also repeatedly praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their dinner yesterday. Vance is on a mostly personal, four-day visit to India along with his wife, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, and their three children.<\/p>\n<p>The trip comes at a time when India is rushing to clinch an early trade deal with the US \u2014 its largest trading partner \u2014 before the end of the 90-day pause on the steep tariffs announced by President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Minister Modi is a tough negotiator. He drives a hard bargain,\u201d Vance said to a big laughter from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>India hopes to \u201cpositively conclude\u201d the first part of a trade pact by autumn, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in San Francisco on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said he and Modi made good progress on trade talks, and confirmed that the two sides had finalised the terms of reference for the trade negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sets a roadmap toward a final deal between our nations,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is looking to sell more energy and defence equipment to India, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday on a visit to the country, adding that ties between the two countries will shape the century. \u201cIf India and the United States work together successfully, we\u2019re going to see a 21st century that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}