India has frustrated the United States by increasing its purchases of crude oil from Russia, a major source of funding for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, and Washington has pushed New Delhi over Moscow amid sympathy for its stance. India’s evil to China.
While India was part of the Biden administration’s Asia engagement plan, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework chose to oppose its participation in trade negotiations. (Reuters Archive)
The White House has begun a formal partnership with India that President Joe Biden hopes will help countries compete with China on military equipment, electronics and artificial intelligence. [AI].
“The United States and India emphasize that the way technology is designed, developed, managed and used should be in line with our common democratic values and respect for universal human rights,” a White House statement said Tuesday.
“We are committed to promoting an open, accessible and secure technology ecosystem based on mutual trust and confidence that will strengthen the values of democracy and our democratic institutions.”
Washington wants to deploy more Western mobile networks in the peninsula to counter China’s Huawei technology, to welcome more Indian computer chip experts to the United States and encourage companies from both countries to cooperate. Military equipment such as artillery systems.
The White House faces a fierce battle ahead, including US restrictions on the transfer of military technology and visas for migrant workers, as well as India’s long-standing dependence on Moscow for military hardware.
Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval met with senior officials of both countries at the White House on Tuesday to launch a US-India initiative on key and emerging technologies. [iCET].
President Biden and Prime Minister Modi announced iCET in May 2022 to enhance and expand the “Strategic Technology Partnership and Defense Industry Cooperation between the Government, Business and Academic Institutions of our two countries”.
“The major challenges posed by China – its economic performance, aggressive military movement, its efforts to control future industries and to control the supply chain in the future have had a profound effect,” Sullivan said. “Strong to think in Delhi.”
“This is another major foundation of a common strategy to put the entire democratic world in the Indo-Pacific in a strong position … It is a strategic bet by both leaders … on the idea that “Building a deeper ecosystem between the United States and India will serve our strategic, economic and technological interests.”
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New Delhi has frustrated Washington by participating in military exercises with Russia and increasing the country’s crude oil purchases, a major source of funding for the Russian war in Ukraine, but Washington has kept its tongue out of the country. Russia, while sympathetic to India’s harsh position. On China.
On Monday, Sullivan and Doval attended a Chamber of Commerce event with corporate leaders from Lockheed Martin Corp., Adani Enterprises and Applied Materials Inc.
While India was part of the Biden administration signatory to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (IPEF) signature scheme, it opted against participating in the IPEF trade pillar negotiations.
The initiative also incorporates joint efforts on space and high-efficiency quantum computation.
Meanwhile, General Electric is seeking permission from the US government to build aircraft engines with India that will power Indian-made aircraft, according to the White House, which says a review is under way.
Source: Reuters
