The Biden administration will roll out the red carpet this week for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in Washington Wednesday for a visit the White House hopes will strengthen U.S.-India ties in the face of China’s rising aggression in the Indo-Pacific.
Mr. Modi, who received an especially warm reception from former President Donald Trump on a 2019 visit to Houston, will be treated to a state dinner by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House Thursday. He’ll also address a joint session of Congress Thursday afternoon.
While India ranks eighth on the list of U.S. foreign trading partners — lagging well behind China, which is third — the Indian economy is among the world’s biggest and fastest growing. Meanwhile, India this year is on track to surpass China as the world’s most populous country. Nearly 3 million Indian immigrants are in the U.S., with a million more with Indian heritage, a diaspora whose presence is increasingly felt on the U.S. political landscape. Two 2024 Republican presidential candidates, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, are of Indian descent.
However, Russia remains India’s biggest supplier of military hardware. A report by Reuters noted that successive U.S. administrations have sought to wean India away from its defense partnership with Moscow, although New Delhi has increased its purchase of cheap Russian oil in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine — much to the frustration of the West.
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