Modi and Vance report’significant progress’ in trade discussions

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance met in Delhi to review plans for India-U.S. cooperation.

• Modi hosted Vance, his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and their children for dinner.

• No new agreements or TRUST Technology Partnership announced.

• Talks for a BTA, announced during Modi’s meeting with Trump in February, entered the next round in Washington.

• Both sides discussed “zero for zero tariffs” in several areas for the first tranche of the BTA.

• No indication of breakthrough on issues like market access in agriculture or revocation of the digital equalisation levy by India.

• PMO statement did not mention discussions on U.S. tariffs or a crackdown on student visas by the Trump administration.