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US Vice President JD Vance may come to India with his wife Usha Vance between 21 and 24 April next week. During this time he will meet with PM Modi and other senior officials. Apart from this, Vance will also go to Jaipur and Agra.
US National Security Advisor (NSA) Mike Waltz may also come to India. This will be JD Vance’s first visit to India after becoming Vice President.
Vance’s visit to India is taking place at a time when both America and China are entangled in trade war. At the same time, talks are going on between India and America regarding the trade agreement.
India and the US had agreed to work on the first phase of the trade agreement in February, which will be completed by the end of this year. Its purpose is to bring mutual trade to $ 500 billion by 2030.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met JD Vance and his family during the US visit in February. JD Vance’s wife Usha Vance is of Indian origin.
Many big opportunities can be made for India JD Vance’s visit can create several opportunities for India amidst the ongoing tension between China and American. The last time in 2018, when the Trump administration waged a tariff war against China, India hoped that companies would move towards it. But this did not happen on a large scale. Now in 2024-25, the situation is seen again.
According to a 2019 report by the Economics Times, in 2018, Japan, America and European companies wanted to leave China, but due to India’s policy lethargy, labor law’s complexity and weak logistics, these companies moved to Vietnam and Bangladesh.
However, this time this situation may change. According to a 2024 report by Bloomberg, India has implemented reforms like PLI scheme, better infrastructure, single window clearance. This may make companies from American or other countries a little ease to come to India than before.
In 2018, China imposed tariffs on the import of soybean, wheat and cotton from the US, but India could not get into the match in terms of quality and volume. According to the Economic Survey, India has adopted quality standards like Global GAP this time. Food processing is being emphasized to increase exports.
Trump imposed 26% tariff, then stopped US President Donald Trump announced a 26% tariff on India on 2 April, although a week later he banned it for 90 days. Trump had talked about imposing 10% baseline tariffs on all other countries except China.
Usha Vance’s parents were from Andhra Pradesh
Usha, wife of JD Vance, is born and schooling in San Diego. His parents came to America from Andhra during 1980. Despite living in America, his parents gave him education and rites according to Indian culture and Hinduism without being influenced by the modern culture there. Later, Vance was also impressed by these rites.
Usha’s mother is a biologist and father engineer. Usha says that she has studied keeping in mind the ideals of her parents. After earning a Bachelor’s degree from Yale, Usha obtained a Master of Philosophy degree from Cambridge with the help of Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
JD Vance and Usha Vance married in 2014. They have three children: son- Ivan, Vivek and Daughter- Mirabel. Usha worked as a clerk for the Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Usha and Vance married in 2014. During this time both of them wore traditional Indian clothes.