India-US relations will be on a very firm footing with Trump's victory: Jyotiraditya Scindia

India and US narration volition beryllium connected "a precise steadfast footing" with Donald Trump returning to the White House, arsenic the practice betwixt the 2 nations extends from situation to technology, abstraction and defence, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday.

As a candidate, Trump had spoken of revamping US overseas policy, focusing connected 'America First' principles, and has besides talked astir imposing tariffs connected overseas goods, raising concerns successful New Delhi.

Scindia's comments, the archetypal by a elder Indian authorities functionary aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Trump connected his victory, bespeak that India remains optimistic that it volition proceed to person unhindered commercialized and economical ties with the world's largest system and strongest subject power.

The United States is besides India's largest trading spouse with the full yearly commercialized crossing $190 billion. "I deliberation that the US-India narration nether the stewardship of some Prime Minister Modi and President-Elect Donald Trump volition beryllium connected a very, precise steadfast footing forward," Scindia said successful a video and substance interrogation with PTI.

Scindia said that the India-US narration successful the past decennary nether Modi has led to immense amounts of trade, economical thrust arsenic good arsenic strategical narration betwixt the 2 countries connected galore planetary issues.

The predetermination effect makes Trump the lone US president aft Grover Cleveland to service non-consecutive presumption successful much than 130 years. Cleveland was some the 22nd and 24th president, serving from 1885 to 1889 and past again from 1893 to 1897.

Noting that India is the world's largest ideology and the US is the world's oldest democracy, Scindia said, "There person been immense parts of intersection betwixt Indo-US relations".

"Those relationships person taken a overmuch much factual signifier successful the past decennary since Prime Minister Modi has forged an autarkic narration with the US. It has resulted successful not lone a immense magnitude of commercialized and economical thrust coming to the fore but besides led to a strategical narration connected galore planetary issues," helium noted.

Trump has during electioneering alleged that India imposes the highest tariffs connected overseas products and vowed to present a reciprocal taxation if elected to power. This, it was construed, whitethorn disrupt the ties betwixt the 2 nations.

Scindia said that too practice successful the tract of environment, technology, and abstraction to defence, India and the US person signed an statement to acceptable up a semiconductor manufacturing portion that volition proviso chips to US defence companies.

"We are going to beryllium mounting up a fab successful India to adjacent proviso chips to US defence manufacturing companies. That's the first," helium said. The US State Department has entered into a concern with India to diversify the planetary semiconductor ecosystem nether the International Technology Security and Innovation (ITSI) fund.

The archetypal signifier of the concern includes a broad appraisal of India's existing semiconductor ecosystem and regulatory framework, arsenic good arsenic workforce and infrastructure needs.

Analysts accidental that Trump, who had blocked the quality solution process of the World Trade Organisation and removed duty-free entree nether the decade-old Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme successful his 2nd word could determination much towards protectionism. He has besides threatened not to bash concern with those who are moving distant from the US dollar.