Modi, Vance praised the progress in trade conversations as a higher tariffs

India and the US are making progress in negotiating a bilateral trade deal, the countries said after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President JD Vance in Delhi.

Vance is currently four days Visit to India With his wife and three children.

“We are engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation, including in trade, technology, defense, energy and exchanges of people,” Modi wrote on x After the Monday night meeting. He also hosted dinner for Vance and his family at his residence.

India is among a number of countries negotiating trade deals with the United States during President Donald Trump 90-day pause At higher tariffs, which end on July 9th.

India was set up on Person 27% US Tariffs before the break is announced. Since then, Delhi and Washington have been working for the early end of trade negotiations.

Modi and Trump share a warm personal relationship – the Indian prime minister was among the first world leaders who Visit Trump After his second term began. But US President has repeatedly focused on India’s high tariffs, marking him the “Tariff King” and a “big abuser” of commercial ties.

Even in the statement published on Monday after the Vance meeting, US sales representative Jamison Greer pronouncedly “The serious lack of reciprocity in trade relations with India”.

India has already shortened the rates for a number of goods over the last few months and has been reported to be considering broader cuts to calm Trump. But as sectors as Farming – Washington wants more access to it, but India is furiously protecting it – they still stick points.

In addition to the trade, the two leaders also discussed Defense cooperation, strategic technologies and energy, Modi said.

The Indian prime minister also said he was happy to welcome Trump in India this year. Delhi hosts the Quad Summit later this year and the US President is expected to attend.

The bilateral meeting was followed by conversations at the level of delegation and dinner organized by Modi.

Vance arrived in India on Monday, accompanied by his wife Usha and their three children. The parents of Usha Vance have migrated to the United States from the southern state Andhra Pradesh, and some media reports say that Vance and his wife are willing to introduce their children to their Indian heritage.

Photos of the three children wearing Indian-style dresses in the Kurt-Pidjamas boys and three-year-old Mirab, wearing Leenga-at their arrival in India, were scattered in Indian newspapers and websites.

The rest of Vance’s visit is largely personal. After meeting with Modi, the family left for the city of Jaipur, where they visited the historic Amer fortress on Tuesday. Vance is also expected to give a speech about the US and India relations in Jaipur.

The family is also ready to visit the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra City on Wednesday before flying to the United States the next day.

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