Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar wants to hold a meeting with US State Secretary Marco Rubio in New York on Monday, according to Indian media reports.
The meeting, which will be on the occasion of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, comes at a time when the two countries are getting ready to fulfill their recent stressful relations.
Washington, in response to India’s continuous import of Russian oil, Washington held this first meeting among top officials after taking tariffs up to 50%on Indian goods. The meeting arrives for a few days, in an attempt to tighten the immigration policy, US President Donald Trump announced a $ 100,000 (€ 85.198) fee for H -1B visa applications.
Jaishankar and Rubio were last met in Washington in July.
Goyal to lead the conversation on pending business deal
Meanwhile, India’s Trade Minister Piyush Goyal will be for talks on a long -pending trade deal at Washington DC on Monday.
Last week, an American delegation met Indian officials for trade talks, which New Delhi called “positive” and “forward-loving”.
News bulletin Indiatoday Told that Goyal said before this visit that India, however, will not compromise in its agricultural sector, gives the farmer a top priority in any business dialogue.
Trade talks between the US and India have been mainly stopped at agriculture and dairy. The deadlock fulfills the US demand for more and more market access to protect India’s own huge farming population, which is a major voter base for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi asks for rejection of foreign goods
On Sunday, Modi shook foreign-made goods to citizens and embraced local products, strengthening his call for self-sufficiency between stressful trade relations with the US.
Modi said in a public address, “We have a lot of products foreigners used daily, we do not know … we have to get rid of them.”
His comment came in front of his government on everyday goods on everyday goods. The move, which makes a range of major consumers cheaply from soap bars to motorbikes, aims to promote demand after US TATIFS.
New H-1B rules hits Indian technical industry
The Indian minister’s visits come amid that uncertainty due to Trump’s latest visa rules.
On Friday, the US President raised the current $ 1.700- ~ $ 4,000 to $ 100,000 to $ 100,000 for the H-1B applications for the new visa.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said that the aim of the new fee is to hire more American citizens for companies.
The visa program, which provides a way to the highly skilled workers to work in the US for a limited period of three years, has mainly benefited Indian technical workers.
According to US government data, last year was the largest beneficiary for 71% of the H-1B visa approved.
India -born industry leaders started in the US with H -1B visa Sundar Pichai (CEO of Alphabet), Satya Nadella (Microsoft President and CEO), Indra Nuoi (former CEO of PepsiCo), and Arvind Srinivas (co -founder of Perplexity AI).
Indian technical giants’ shares fell on Monday due to Trump’s move.
In a statement on Saturday, New Delhi reported that “the dynamics and exchange of skillful talent” has benefited the two countries and called Washington to consider the new policy “Humanitraian Complex”.