Trump excited about Modi`s grand welcome in India |
US President Donald Trump has said that he is looking forward to his visit to India later this month where millions of people would welcome him. Trump said that he spoke to Mr Modi over the weekend and during the conversation, the Prime Minister told him that millions and millions of people would welcome him from the airport to the cricket stadium. This will be Trump`s first official visit to India, capping weeks of speculation on the trip that is expected to witness deepening of defence cooperation and signing of a trade pact. India has said that Trump`s two-day, two-city visit would further bolster the strategic partnership between the two democracies. Trump`s visit has raised hopes that both countries will work out a limited trade deal to lessen India`s trade surplus with the US. Once at $30 billion, the surplus in India`s favour has now narrowed to $16 billion. Bilateral trade in 2018 stood at an estimated $142.1 billion. The Trump administration has been pressing India to reduce tariffs to narrow the trade surplus. New Delhi, on its part, has argued that it is already a major buyer of US energy and has also ramped up its defence purchases from the US in recent years. The White House confirmed the US President`s visit on Tuesday.
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