India's Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says

Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has invited India n Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a US military plane departed to return deported migrants to the country.

Trump spoke with Modi on Jan. 27, when he discussed immigration and stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and fair bilateral trading ties. India, a strategic partner of the United States in its efforts to counter China, is keen to enhance trade relations with the US and make it easier for its citizens to get skilled worker visas. It is also keen to avoid tariffs that Trump has threatened in the past, citing India's high tariffs on US products. The United States is India's largest trading partner and two-way trade between the two countries surpassed $118 billion in 2023/24, with India posting a trade surplus of $32 billion. Malaysia PM says will build trade relations, not wait for U.S. tariffsTrump to cut off funding for South Africa over expropriation act

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