US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Tensions between China and the US escalated last Thursday.
Analysts said the two-decade long strategic relationship between India and the US has largely eroded.
“Partner of the South Asia Practice” and Head of the South Asia Practice at DGA-Albright Group of Nine trust The two countries “could be reunited for years.”
Direct rates100,000 dollars For H1B visasand repeated claims by US President Donald Trump barrier It is one of the issues between India and Pakistan that has led to the deterioration of relations between New Delhi and Washington in recent months, according to experts.
“President Trump does not value India as an equal partner to China as previous presidents have,” said Raymond Vickery, senior associate and senior associate on India and developing Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
US foreign policy from President Bill Clinton, including Trump’s first term as president, from “Automobile China” to “Democratic India,” he said, “view of India” has now shifted from one of strategic altruism to one of anti-transaction.
Meanwhile, relations between the US and China are being mended.
“My G2 president Xi has been great for both of our countries,” Trump said on social media on Saturday.
Soon after, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth agreed to X to deconflict and deconflict US and US military-to-military channels.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping Jingping finished shopping At high-level meetings in Washington on Thursday, Washington cut Beijing’s fentanyl-related tariffs from 20% to 10%, reducing overall tariffs on Chinese goods to 47%.
China now pays a lower tariff than India.
In August, the US imposed 50% tariffs on India, including 25% on purchases of Russian oil. India called the move “unfair, unjustified and unjustified”. It was called US trade relations “Totally a one-way accident!” with India.
US President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 13, 2013.
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“There is no chemistry at the leadership level now, and this disconnect is unlikely to affect US-India relations,” he added.
During his Asia trip last week, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, Trump said that Trump has threatened India and Pakistan with 250% tariffs if they do not stop hostilities.
Attack In April, militants killed 26 civilians in Indian-held Kashmir. India accused Pakistan and launched a military strike as a result four days of conflict This has led to decades of fueling between the two countries.
“Strategic relations between India and the US this year are not only due to tariffs, but also because of Washington’s conflict with Pakistan and ties with Pakistan’s military,” said Alexandra Herman, head of Southeast Asian studies at Oxford Economics.
Trump’s demands are being picked up by Modi’s political opponents, including the opposition’s Rahul Gandhi. Modi “scared” US President Donald Trump, Gandhi said at a political rally in Bihar on Sunday.
Hermand said the challenge for India now is finding its place between the two economic superpowers.
“New Delhi will benefit more from us meeting demand, and its dependence on China will be reduced in the near future with costs around trade policy and around the supply chain,” he said.
Friday signed a 10-year “major US-India defense partnership” to preserve US and non-Indian trade ties.
Hanseth H.L. “coordination, information exchange and technological cooperation,” the two countries said.
Experts warn that the US is clinging to India in a transactional approach that undermines the strategic interests of both.
“Trump’s policy is pushing India towards Russia, the world and even China. It is not in India’s interests or in the US’s interests,” said Vickery Jr. of KMD.