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US-India relations
Breaking news and analysis on US-India relations, including trade, defence and diplomacy.
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India

Opinion | In revamping ties with China, is Modi making up for lost time?

With a more transactional US administration in power, India is cautious about bearing the costs and pressures of confronting China alone.

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China-India relations

Brics nations divide on US dollar replacement with India declaring ‘no interest’

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Why US allies in Europe and Asia are ‘de-risking’ from Trump

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Why Pakistan’s strategic alliance with China will strengthen

Given the India-US bromance, Pakistan and China have little choice. Expect Afghanistan to remain a focus amid efforts to counter US-led narratives.

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Pakistani navy soldiers carry the national flags of participating countries at the opening ceremony of the Aman multinational exercise, in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 7. The naval exercise, which ran to February 11, was joined by 60 countries including China. Photo: EPA-EFE
India

BJP and Congress clash over Trump’s comment on US$21 million Indian election aid

The comment comes as the US Department of Government Efficiency seeks to find evidence of wasteful spending by the Joe Biden administration.

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Has India’s Adani gained reprieve from US corruption probe thanks to Trump?

The tycoon and a nephew of his are under investigation in the US for allegedly being involved in a US$265 million bribery scheme.

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India

American F-35 or Russian Su-57 stealth fighters: which will India choose?

New Delhi’s decision on next-generation advanced stealth fighters will have to factor in military data leak concerns, analysts say.

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The US Air Force’s F-35 fifth-generation fighter aircraft performs at Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition held in Bengaluru last Thursday. Photo: AFP
India

Trump’s tough talk with Modi on tariffs signals India is not off the hook

During the two leaders’ meeting in Washington, Narendra Modi calls for a rise in trade between India and the US to US$500 billion by 2030.

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United States

Trump meets Modi, says he hopes US, China, India, Russia can all ‘get along’

Bilateral talks yield trade commitments and promises on F-35 jets, as well as praise for the Quad partnership.

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China-India relations

Indian PM Modi’s Washington trip hopes to exploit strained US-China relationship

In two-day visit, Modi will try to resume good ties with US President Donald Trump and ‘the China thread will weave through the meeting’.

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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace while delivering joint statements in the Rose Garden, June 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters
India

Outrage in India over ‘inhumane’ US deportation of undocumented migrants

The incident has been condemned by Indian opposition politicians ahead of a meeting between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump in Washington.

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Activists of India’s Communist Party of India protest against the US in Hyderabad on Sunday. Photo: AFP
India

India fears impact of Trump’s Iran sanctions on Chabahar port

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Washington this week, a US$370 million question looms over his visit.

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China-India relations

Analysis | ‘Chindia’ returns as India and China prepare for a Trump earthquake

With Donald Trump back in the White House, India and China are forging a quiet detente that could have seismic implications.

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India

Opinion | How Modi’s US visit could add to China’s growing list of worries

A Modi-Trump summit could weave greater security ties into the India-US relationship and give the Quad a more militaristic aspect.

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United States

US military plane deports 104 Indians ahead of Trump-Modi meet

Previous US administrations have deported Indian immigrants but it is the first time Washington has used a military aircraft for the purpose.

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A US military plane which carried deported Indian immigrants is parked at the international airport in Amritsar. Photo: AP
India

Will India’s Harley Davidson-linked tariff cut rev up Modi-Trump talks?

New Delhi has lowered tariffs on goods in the federal government’s budget, reducing the average import duty to 10.66 per cent.

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‘Cooperation, not confrontation’: can Modi’s US visit improve US-India ties?

Trump’s invitation for Modi’s US visit signals a strengthening of ties, but India must address tariffs and immigration issues to ensure productive negotiations.

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India

Should India be worried about warmer US-China ties?

Experts say India’s role as a counterweight to China is far from over, despite Donald Trump’s convivial outreach to Xi Jinping.

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Donald Trump shakes hands with China’s Xi Jinping during a dinner at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2017. Photo: Reuters
India

India set to take back 18,000 citizens from US to placate Trump

In return, New Delhi hopes student and H-1B visas – a large proportion of which go to Indian citizens – will be protected.

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US-China relations

With China in focus, Rubio hosts Quad meetings on first day as top US diplomat

First meeting of Trump presidency for security group focused on Indo-Pacific voices opposition to altering status quo ‘by force or coercion’.

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US-China relations

Opinion | 21st-century geopolitics is expanding beyond US, China to a four-party game

As the global strategic framework moves on from the uneasy period of US hegemony and China’s rise, a critical quadrilateral is forming.

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India

Grief and nostalgia in India’s ‘Jimmy Carter village’

The village, once home to Carter’s mother, a Peace Corps volunteer, now holds a small memorial to the late US president, reflecting the enduring impact of his 1978 visit.

Resident Rajiv Kumar shows a photograph of late former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Eleanor Rosalynn Carter during their visit in 1978. Photo: AFP
Diplomacy

Chinese dams to be discussed during Jake Sullivan’s India visit, official says

US national security adviser arrives in New Delhi on Sunday. US also expects Chinese economic overcapacity to be addressed, official said.

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Pakistan

Pakistan stunned by US fears over its missiles, assesses impact on South Asia

Washington’s assessment comes as Pakistan aims to balance its relations with the US and China amid fears of collateral damage.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Besides the border, 4 issues obstruct warmer China-India ties

Both nations share similarities but also sharp differences in how they see the international order, its future, multipolarity and the Global South.

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India

How US sanctions on Pakistan could be a ‘net advantage for India’

Recent sanctions are further evidence of Pakistan’s relative decline in importance in the US, analysts note.

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Commuters ride past a replica of Pakistan’s “Ghauri” ballistic missile along a road in Islamabad on December 19. Photo: AFP
India

Opinion | No cost-free choices in complex US-China-India triangle

Keeping India-China dialogue open could add a slight but welcome bit of malleability to what could otherwise be a brittle strategic triangle.

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US election 2024: Asia impact

As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China could be targeted

Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.

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