NEW DELHI– Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with a U.S. delegation in New Delhi on Monday to discuss current geopolitical trends and areas of mutual interest between India and the United States.
The delegation was led by Walter Russell Mead, a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute. The meeting, the Finance Ministry said in a post on X, focused on “geopolitical developments and shared interests within the India-U.S. partnership.”
According to the ministry, participants included representatives from prominent American institutions such as the Hudson Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Eagle Capital Management, Crow Holdings, and Rationalwave Capital Partners.
The talks came amid renewed momentum in trade relations between the two countries. Following recent friction over tariffs, the resumption of trade discussions has offered relief to Indian manufacturers and exporters.
Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer described India’s stance in ongoing negotiations as “pragmatic,” noting that both sides are working toward a mutually beneficial agreement.
“The Indians are being pragmatic,” Greer said during a fireside chat at the Economic Club of New York. “We’ve been in conversation with India from day one of this administration on the trade side. When you talk about a 50 percent tariff on India, half of that is really trade-related — it’s reciprocal. We’re trying to negotiate a deal.”
Greer’s remarks followed his meeting with India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in New York on September 22.
Separately, on the sidelines of last month’s U.N. General Assembly, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Afterward, Rubio emphasized India’s “critical importance” to U.S. strategic and economic interests, highlighting the strength of ongoing trade and diplomatic engagement. (Source: IANS)
