It will be Trump's first visit to India as president and will make him the fourth consecutive American leader to make the passage to India.
Trump's visit to India will be a symbolic display of friendship between the United States and India, and will include a heavy dose of pomp and ceremony. The president will be welcomed to India with a mega rally, visit to the Taj Mahal, and be honored with a state dinner.
Modi is in a sense returning the favor after Trump hosted him for a"Howdy Modi" rally in Houston last year before an audience of some 50,000 people, many of them Indian American. During the Houston rally, Trump declared Modi"one of America's greatest, most-devoted and most-loyal friends." Trade tensions between the two close trading partners first cropped up when the U.S. imposed higher duties on aluminum and steel imports and later removed India's beneficiary trading designation. India, in retaliation, has imposed tariffs on some U.S. products.
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a joint rally, "Howdy, Modi!", at NRG Stadium in Houston, Sept. 22, 2019.Still, the official described the trading relationship as"critically important" and said the two sides continue to engage in trade talks. But perhaps the clearest indication of where negotiations stand, two of the president's top officials on trade -- U.S.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House, July 22, 2019. "In 1999, President Clinton, briefly, flirted with the idea of mediation, and the Indians shut it down almost immediately," Riedel said. Indian soldiers stand next to the wreckage of an Indian Air Force helicopter after it crashed in Budgam district in Kashmir Feb. 27, 2019.The word"China" likely won't appear in any official statements or agreements during the trip, but countering the rise of an ascendant China has been -- and continues to be -- a cornerstone objective in strengthening the U.S.-Indian strategic alliance.
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