Raj Chengappa: What has been the big takeaway for India in this visit by the US president?
S. Jaishankar: This is the seventh visit by an American president, and the first time you’ve had a visit only to India, which says something. It comes in his first term; that he has taken time off from his political calendar shows the importance we both give to the relationship. What you are seeing is the India-America relationship mature, it is organically, smoothly moving forward. There are new areas of cooperation. You can see that in the politics of the relationship, in the strategic convergence, in the quality of the defence relationship—some agreements preceded the visit—in counter-terrorism, homeland security, in the entire economic family of issues—trade, technology transfers. Also in the energy relationship, which was not there [before]. For many years, nuclear was the focus with the US, but today we are importing substantial amounts of oil and gas...we could even be importing coal in the foreseeable future. One of the unique characteristics of this relationship today is the strong people to people component. It was to my mind appropriate that this visit began with an impressive P2P at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad, because that really demonstrated that there is so much goodwill and popular support for this relationship.
RC: President Trump has placed great emphasis on trade and expressed concerns over India’s balance of trade. We were supposed to get a mini-deal on this trip, perhaps the centrepiece of the entire trip. Why did it not materialise, and what is the big deal being talked about?
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 09, 2020 من India Today.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 09, 2020 من India Today.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Essential Ratios To Navigate Your Finances
Use these 10 key performance indicators or KPIs to analyse your financial status and monitor the progress toward wealth creation
BJP's Haryana Hurricane
Its Stupendous Win In The State Rejuvenates The Cadre And Hands The Party A Ready Template To Follow In The Upcoming Polls In Maharashtra And Jharkhand
A SHOW OF MILESTONES
GALLERY ESPACE CELEBRATES ITS 35TH YEAR BY LOOKING BACK AND STEPPING FORWARD
Lose Control
Vikramaditya Motwane examines the perils of digital dependence in his screenlife thriller Ctrl
Hitting Their Stride
Under Harmanpreet Singh's stewardship, the Indian hockey team has had a string of recent successes
BREATHLESS OVER KABADDI
The Pro Kabaddi League has proven to be a shot in the arm for the contact sport. The new season, which will begin on October 18, is eagerly awaited
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Use this formula to find out how your investment is doing and how much you are actually gaining from it
SHINING SURGE IN GOLD LOANS
The rising price of gold has encouraged people to borrow against the yellow metal, as they get better terms for this asset compared to other forms of borrowing
AYUSHMAN BHARAT AND SENIOR CITIZENS
The extension of the national PMJAY health insurance scheme to over-70 seniors could be a social security game-changer. Meanwhile, relief for depositors if your bank fails
TITAN WHO DARED TO DREAM BIG
Remembering the gentle giant who turned steel into dreams, cars into revolutions, and boardrooms into launching pads for India’s global ambitions, while redefining corporate philanthropy