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<ul><li>Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> and US President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword> to meet on Monday on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France. </li><li>Trump had telephonic conversations with both Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan last week on the Kashmir issue. </li><li>"Kashmir is a very complicated place. You have the Hindus, and you have the Muslims," Trump had earlier said. </li></ul>The Kashmir issue is likely to figure prominently in talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Biarritz in France, days after Trump said he would discuss the issue with "friend" Modi. Trump, who had telephonic conversations with both Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan last week on the Kashmir issue, said he would be meeting the Indian leader over the weekend at the G7, and he would do his best to mediate. Addressing reporters in the White House on August 21, President Trump, said: "Kashmir is a very complicated place. You have the Hindus, and you have the Muslims, and I wouldn't say they get along so great. And that's what you have right now... "And frankly it's a very explosive situation. I spoke to Prime Minister Khan, and yesterday I spoke to Prime Minister Modi; and they are both friends of mine, and they are great people... And they love their countries, and they are in a very tough situation. "Kashmir is a very tough situation, and this has been going on for decades, and decades; shooting, and I don't mean shooting like shooting a rifle, but major shooting of howitzers, of heavy arms, and this has been going on for a long, long period of time. "But I get along really well with both of them, As you know Prime Minister Khan was here just recently. And I'm going to meet Prime Minister Modi, I will be with PM Modi over the weekend, in France. "And I think we're helping the situation, but there's tremendous problems between the two countries. And I will do the best I can to mediate or do something," he said. The US has reaffirmed that there was no change in its Kashmir policy, that it was a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan.

Donald Trump and Narendra Modi likely to discuss Kashmir issue at the G7 Meet

Former president Donald Trump has said Prime Minister <keyword id="19895781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="keywords">Narendra Modi</keyword> will meet him next week during his upcoming three-day visit to the US. While the Republican presidential candidate slammed India as an "abuser" on the issue of import tariffs, he described Modi as a "fantastic man". PM Modi will be visiting the US from September 21 to 23. Speaking on Tuesday at his first public appearance following the recent apparent assassination attempt, Trump said Modi will meet him next week when he is in the US. "So when India, which is a very big abuser. He (Modi) happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he's fantastic. I mean, fantastic man. A lot of these leaders are fantastic," Trump said, reiterating that India imposes heavy tariffs on imports. The former president revealed the information as he spoke about trade and tariffs while responding to a question at a town hall meeting in Flint, Michigan. He went on to say, "These people are the sharpest people. They're not a little bit backwards...You know the expression, they're at the top of their game, and they use it against us. But India is very tough. Brazil is very tough....China is the toughest of all, but we were taking care of China with the tariffs." "So we're going to do a reciprocal trade. If anybody charges us 10 cents, if they charge us USD 2, if they charge us a hundred per cent, 250, we charge them the same thing. And what's going to happen? Everything's going to disappear, and we're going to end up having free trade again. And if it doesn't disappear, we're going to take in a lot of money," he said. Modi will begin his trip with the <keyword id="23214075" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Quad-Leaders-Summit" source="keywords">Quad Leaders' Summit</keyword> being hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. The summit will be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan. Modi will then travel to New York and address a mega community event in Long Island on September 22. He will address world leaders at the landmark Summit of the Future event at the UN headquarters the next day. Modi's visit comes less than two months before the US heads into presidential elections with Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the top job. The US general elections will take place on November 5.

Trump says PM Modi will meet him during US visit, calls him 'fantastic'

Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> is expected to meet US President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword> on his US visit from June 25-26. The meeting gains importance at a time when Trump criticised India while pulling out of the Paris climate change deal. The two world leaders will look to enhance bilateral ties. Meanwhile, PM Modi said India strongly supports the Paris agreement, adding the country is willing to go beyond than what has been committed under the accord. Besides, Modi will be in Washington and he will also engage with the Indian community. He will look for gains in dealing with Pakistan's role in promoting terrorism and India's case for a seat at the nuclear supplier's group besides enlarging the economic relationship.

PM Modi to meet President Trump during his US visit. Here are the details

The Trump administration has said that if the Indian side raises the contentious H-1B visa issue during President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>'s meeting with Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>, the Americans were ready to respond, according to PTI news report. "On the (H-1B) visas issue, there's no plans for that to come up specifically," a senior administration official told reporters ahead of the <keyword id="4123858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="modi-trump">Modi-Trump</keyword> meeting at the White House on Monday. But if raised by the Indian side, the Americans are ready for it, the official said. "But if it's raised, I would just note that the administration has signed some executive orders related to work and immigration, and President Trump's executive order on H1-B visas of course directs the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of <keyword id="123836" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Homeland-security">Homeland Security</keyword> to propose potential reforms to the H1B visa program," the official said. However, there have been no immediate changes to visa application or issuance procedures, so the administration was not in a position to kind of prejudge what the outcome of the review might be, the official said. "So there's really been no changes as such at this point, and no specific changes that targany specific country or sector as of yet," said the senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. His remarks come amid growing concerns in India over the crackdown on H-1B visas, the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals. Trump signed an executive order in April for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme to stop "visa abuses". Trump said his administration is going to enforce 'Hire American' rules that are designed to protect jobs and wages of workers in the US. The executive order also called upon the Departments of Labour, Justice, Homeland Security, and the state to take action against fraud and abuse of the US' visa programmes.

US is ready to respond to India’s H-1B visa issue during Trump-Modi meeting

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The Indian government on Monday rejected <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-donald-trump-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4">President Donald Trump's</a> claim that Prime Minister Narenda Modi had asked the president if he would like to help mediate a historic dispute with Pakistan.&#xa0;</li><li>During a meeting with Pakistan's prime minister in Washington, Trump said that Modi had asked him if he'd help resolve the Kashmir conflict.&#xa0;</li><li>Shortly thereafter, a spokesperson for the Indian government said, "no such request has been made" by Modi.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>India's government on Monday rejected a claim from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-donald-trump-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4">President Donald Trump</a> almost as soon as he made it.&#xa0;While meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the White House, Trump claimed Modi recently asked him if he would step in and work as mediator in resolving the Kashmir conflict.&#xa0;"I was with Prime Minister Modi two weeks ago," Trump said. "He actually said, 'Would you like to be a mediator or abitrator?' I said, "Where?' He said, 'Kashmir.' Because this has been going on for many, many years."&#xa0;Not long after, Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted that <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/1153371327371173895">"no such request has been made"</a> by Modi to Trump."We have seen @POTUS's remarks to the press that he is ready to mediate, if requested by India &amp; Pakistan, on Kashmir issue. No such request has been made by PM @narendramodi to US President," Kumar said.&#xa0;Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-pakistan-kashmir-nuclear-weapons-climate-cooling-2019-2">If India and Pakistan have a 'limited' nuclear war, scientists say it could wreck Earth's climate and trigger global famine</a>Kumar went on to say, "It has been India's consistent position&#xa0;that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally. Any engagement with Pakistan would require an end to cross border terrorism. The Shimla Agreement &amp; the Lahore Declaration provide the basis to resolve all issues between India &amp; Pakistan bilaterally."The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from INSIDER.Kashmir, which is home to 18 million people, is one of the most disputed territories in the world and has been fought over by India and Pakistan since 1947. The region has been partioned, with India controlling roughly 45% of it and Pakistan controls 35%. China also seized portions of the territory via a war with India in 1962, and controls roughly 20% of the region.&#xa0;The ongoing dispute over Kashmir continues to lead to violent and deadly clashes, which earlier this year raised concerns that India and Pakistan - two nuclear powers - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-pakistan-kashmir-nuclear-weapons-climate-cooling-2019-2">were headed toward war.</a><div></div>

Trump said India asked him to help mediate the Kashmir conflict with Pakistan. India quickly said that's not true.

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>President Donald Trump joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage for a major rally in Houston called "Howdy, Modi!," where the leaders heaped praise onto one another and touted the strong friendship between their countries.&#xa0;</li><li>Organizers say over 50,000 people registered for the event and billed it as one of the largest gatherings for a foreign head of state visiting the US.</li><li>Observers say the 90-minute display is a clear-cut endorsement by Modi of Trump, who is preparing for his 2020 reelection campaign.&#xa0;</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>President Donald Trump joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally on Sunday called "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6QsAVZW96E">Howdy, Modi</a>!" in which both leaders held hands and touted their strong friendship to an audience of tens of thousands of people.&#xa0;The community summit hosted by the Texas India Forum was a rare mass display for a foreign leader. <a href="https://www.howdymodi.org/">Organizers</a> said over 50,000 attendees registered for the event held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, and predicted it would be one of the largest gatherings for a foreign head of state visiting the US."Mr. President, this morning in Houston you can hear the heartbeat of this great partnership in the celebration of two of the world's largest democracies," he said to Trump, calling the meeting "<a href="https://twitter.com/howdymodi/status/1175823124690034689">history in the making</a>."&#xa0;The elaborate 90-minute event featured 400 performers, including a <a href="https://twitter.com/howdymodi/status/1175792173528342528">yoga performance</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/howdymodi/status/1175800194400735232">traditional dance</a> and music performances.&#xa0;Modi and Trump walked hand-in-hand and touted their strong friendship. Modi said Trump was a "true friend" to India, and described the US president as "warm, friendly, accessible, energetic and full of wit."&#xa0;<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Trump also praised Modi, calling him "one of America's greatest, most devoted, and most loyal friends." He also endorsed his own immigration policies, comparing tightening security at the US-Mexico border to India's security concerns with its neighbor, Pakistan.&#xa0;"We are taking unprecedented action to secure our southern border and stop illegal immigration," Trump said of his border security plan, an important campaign issue in Texas.&#xa0;"Both India and US also understand that to keep our communities safe, we must protect our borders," he added.Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner also symbolically handed Modi a key to the city.&#xa0;&#xa0;Modi has emerged as one of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/world/asia/india-election-narendra-modi.html">most powerful politicians in India's history</a> after his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory in May.Modi's visit and piling of praise onto Trump during the rally is being <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plays-unusual-role-of-warm-up-act-at-massive-rally-for-modi-in-houston/2019/09/22/18cf7a2a-dd50-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html">seen by observers</a> as a clear-cut endorsement of the president as he prepares his 2020 reelection campaign. Modi, too, may have been looking to drum up US support amid criticism of his policies in Kashmir, after he <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kashmir-india-revoke-article-370-quasi-independence-internet-tourists-2019-8">revoked the region's special status</a> last month and has left residents in a near-total communication shutdown.&#xa0;The Indian government appears to have recently taken a page out of Trump's playbook, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kashmir-crisis-india-accuses-media-fake-news-using-trump-playbook-2019-9">repeatedly accusing the media of reporting "fake news"</a> on its treatment of civilians in Kashmir.Reports indicate that local security forces have&#xa0;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kashmir-man-blinded-pellets-police-insist-no-major-injuries-2019-8">shot at people with pellet guns</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kashmir-villagers-allege-beatings-abuse-electric-shock">villagers say they've been beaten with sticks</a>, hung upside down, and even electrocuted by Indian army officers.&#xa0;According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-detentions/thousands-detained-in-indian-kashmir-crackdown-official-data-reveals-idUSKCN1VX142">Reuters</a>, over 3,800 people in the region have been arrested in the region as of September 6.&#xa0;<div></div><div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/democratic-candidates-2020-presidential-debate-us-economy-2019-7">Here's how the top 7 Democratic presidential candidates want to transform the US economy</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

'Howdy, Modi!' India's prime minister joins Trump at rally and touts him as a 'true friend'

New Delhi, Feb 13 () Traders' body CAIT on Thursday said it has sought an audience with US President Donald Trump, who will be visiting India on February 24-25, to express concern over business practices being followed by American companies like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart in India. "We will apprise him of the practices being adopted by US companies in India, especially Amazon India and Walmart-controlled Flipkart to control and dominate retail trade which no country in the world can accept," CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal told . The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has been alleging violation of FDI policy rules by American e-commerce majors to the detriment of domestic retailers. Khandelwal said that besides sending a communication to Trump, CAIT has also requested Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to facilitate a meeting of CAIT delegation with the US President. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump is slated to travel to India on February 24 and 25. In addition to New Delhi, he will stop at Ahmedabad in Gujarat to address a joint public meeting with Modi at a stadium. RSN CS MRMR

CAIT seeks audience with Trump to raise concern over biz practices of Amazon, Flipkart

<ul><li>The American President tweeted saying he will raise the issue of high tariffs in India on American goods in his conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</li><li>Donald Trump's tweet will cast a doubt on the possibility of a thaw in India's bilateral ties with the US.</li><li>India and US are at crossroads over many issues from visa, defence deals to oil purchases from Iran, to name just a few.</li><li>US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar put up a cordial front after talks on Wednesday.</li></ul>India and US have differences <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/mike-pompeo-india-visit-bjp-narendra-modi-hit-back-at-us-state-department-report-on-minorities/articleshow/69912060.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">over many issues</a>-- H-1B visas, India's defence deals with Russia and oil purchases from Iran, tariffs to name a few-- but US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar put up a cordial front after the bilateral talks on Wednesday (June 26). If that had triggered any hopes of a middle ground between the two large economies in a world fraught with risks, US President Donald Trump was quick to throw in a spanner. 
	
	
	
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 This tweet with its confrontational tone could reduce the hopes of a thaw in India's frosty bilateral ties with the US. The talks between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi at the sidelines of the G-20 meeting was never going to be easy."There's a nagging misconception. The distrust of earlier era still lingers. But that is not true. Just look at what has already happened. You have made hard choices to cut off oil imports from Iran and move away from purchasing Venezuelan oil," Pompeo said yesterday. After his meeting with Jaishankar, Pompeo <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/india-and-us-did-not-discuss-waiver-to-buy-oil-from-iran/articleshow/69960897.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">said the two sides did not even discuss</a> the contentious issue of India's demand for waiver allowing the country to buy oil from Iran. Pompeo was quick to underscore the US point of view by calling Iran the 'world's largest state-sponsor of terrorism'. This would mean doing business with Iran will be akin to helping terrorism. Between US' trade war with China, and the tension in the middle east, global trade has taken a severe knock, and India is not immune to it. At the same time, domestic economy is in a bad shape. Another tariff war directly with the US would be a debilitating for the world's fastest-growing economy, India. The only hope for India is that Modi's talks with Trump seem less ominous than the US President's tweet. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/mike-pompeo-india-visit-bjp-narendra-modi-hit-back-at-us-state-department-report-on-minorities/articleshow/69912060.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">India tells US to shush after the State Department called out the Modi government's passivity to 'hate' against minorities</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/india-and-us-did-not-discuss-waiver-to-buy-oil-from-iran/articleshow/69960897.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">India and US did not discuss waiver to buy oil from Iran at Pompeo's meeting with Jaishankar</a>

Donald Trump just threw a bender at Narendra Modi ahead of the G-20 meeting in Japan

<ul><li>Amid prevailing tensions over the Kashmir issue, US President Donald Trump spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Imran Khan. </li><li>Trump called them both individually to speak about the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. </li><li>“A tough situation, but good conversations!” Trump tweeted on Monday.</li><li>Pakistan had earlier said that it will ‘exercise all options’ to counter Indian government’s decision, calling it ‘illegal.’</li></ul>Amid prevailing tensions over the Kashmir issue, US President Donald Trump spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Imran Khan to work on establishing peace in Kashmir. He also advised Pakistan to "moderate rhetoric with India" over Kashmir. “A tough situation, but good conversations!” Trump tweeted on Monday after a 30-minute long chat with Modi on Kashmir. 
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 The conversation happened in response to the Indian government’s decision to revoke the special status of Kashmir — bifurcating it into two union territories of Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Trump also spoke with Modi to discuss US-India strategic partnership, the White House said. According to IANS, Modi countered the anti-Indian venom coming from Pakistani leaders, saying that, "extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace." Hindu supremacy Khan had earlier alleged that Modi was turning India into a Hindu supremacist country. “Pakistan strongly condemns and rejects the announcements made today by the Indian Government regarding the Indian Occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir. The Indian Occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory,” HuffPost <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/live-updates-jammu-and-kashmir-srinagar_in_5d478342e4b0acb57fce7c2e?ncid=tweetlnkinhpmg00000001">reported </a>citing Pakistan Foreign Ministry’s statement. Pakistan had also said that it will ‘exercise all options’ to counter Indian government’s decision to scrap <keyword id="405091" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Article-370">Article 370</keyword> and Article 35A of the constitution. It called the move an ‘illegal’ attempt to bring Kashmir under the Delhi’s governance. Khan told Trump that it posed a threat to regional peace. However, the US assured that there was no change in its Kashmir policy and it is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan. With inputs from IANS See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-spine-chilling-account-of-the-situation-in-kashmir-has-gone-viral-and-heres-how-it-stacks-up-against-the-government-narrative/articleshow/70672475.cms">A spine-chilling account of the situation in Kashmir has gone viral-- and here's how it stacks up against the government narrative</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/post-unsc-meet-china-asks-india-pak-to-settle-disputes-peacefully/articleshow/70706907.cms">Post-UNSC meet, China asks India, Pak to settle disputes peacefully</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-sees-dramatic-rise-in-cyber-attacks-post-kashmir-decision/articleshow/70748037.cms">India sees dramatic rise in cyber attacks post-Kashmir decision</a>

Donald Trump spoke to Narendra Modi and Imran Khan on the phone

India should highlight how it can benefit the <keyword id="6356955" type="COUNTRY" weightage="100" keywordseo="united-states">United States</keyword>, said leading public policy forum <keyword id="262735" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aspen-India">Aspen India</keyword>, as part of a set of recommendations mentioned in a report on boosting bilateral ties between the countries. The report has come out before PM <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword>'s proposed visit to the US later this month. US President <keyword id="6354862" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Trump">Trump</keyword>’s speech against countries including India while pulling out of the <keyword id="106" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Paris">Paris</keyword> climate deal might jeopardise the visit; however, the report said that India needs to tell US what it can do to contribute to the American economy, which includes creating IT jobs. If the visit happens, this first meeting between PM Modi and President Trump will be a clean-sheet meeting, which would allow the two leaders to know each other better. "India must show more resolve and confidence in dealing with the US. Need to get President Trump focus on India. It should not be diffident about pursuing its interests as a country nor should it be apologetic about its interests... India needs to get into US value chains and get their companies to invest in India. There is an increasing need to work on the ground level in addition to the strategic level," the report said. The report also refers to the contribution that the Indian IT industry has done to the US economy saying, "The IT is a key sector in India-US relationship for a variety of reasons. There is a level of interdependency between the two countries. They need our market, we need their skills... Indian IT industry in US is supporting more than 400,000 jobs. While the growth in the job market in the US has been less than 2%, the growth in the IT sector has been close to 10% in the last few years. 85% Indian companies in the US have a concrete investment plan for the next five years."

Highlight how you can benefit America, Aspen tells India

India has been hitting the US "very hard" on trade for many years with high tariffs, according to President Donald Trump who said he will "talk business" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to the country. President Trump and First Lady Melania are scheduled to travel to Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi on February 24 and 25. "I'm going to India next week and we're talking trade. They've been hitting us very hard for many, many years," Trump said at a 'Keep America Great' rally in Colorado on Thursday. Trump told thousands of his supporters that he "really likes" Prime Minister Modi and they would be talking business. "We've got to talk a little...We've got to talk a little business. It's been hitting us hard. They give us tariffs, one the highest in the world is India," he said. Ahead of Trump's visit, there have been reports on India and the US agreeing on a trade package as a precursor to a major trade deal. Downplaying the expectation of a trade deal with India during his visit, Trump said the two countries could make a "tremendous" trade deal, but indicated that the talks on this might slow down if he did not get a good deal. "We're going to India, and we may make a tremendous deal there," Trump said in his commencement address at the Hope for Prisoners Graduation Ceremony in Las Vegas on Thursday. "Maybe we'll slow down. We'll do it after the election. I think that could happen too. So, we'll see what happens," he said. "But we're only making deals if they're good deals because we're putting America first. Whether people like it or not, we're putting America first," Trump said. The bilateral India-US trade in goods and services is about three per cent of the US' world trade. In a recent report, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said the trading relationship is more consequential for India - in 2018 the US was its second largest goods export market (16.0 per cent share) after the European Union (EU, 17.8 per cent), and third largest goods import supplier (6.3 per cent) after China (14.6 per cent) and the EU 28 (10.2 per cent). India is now the United States' eighth-largest trading partner in goods and services and is among the world's largest economies. India's trade with the US now resembles, in terms of volume, America's trade with South Korea (USD 167 billion in 2018) or France (USD 129 billion), according to Council on Foreign Relations. Trump spoke about his India visit at the Colorado rally and the grand welcome he is expected to get in the country. "I hear, they are going to have 10 million people. They say anywhere from six to 10 million people are going to be showing up along the route to one of the largest stadiums in the world, the largest cricket stadium in the world, which is brand new and beautiful," Trump said. He said the "Namaste Trump" rally in Ahmedabad would spoil him. "Prime Minister Modi said, we will have 10 million people greet you. Here's my problem. We have a packed house. We have a lot of people, thousands of people that couldn't get in. It's going to look like peanuts from now on," he said. "I'll never be satisfied with the crowd. If we have 10 million people in India, how can I be satisfied when we fill up like a 60,000 seat stadium? I am getting spoiled? He said build a bigger stadium visit," Trump said. One of his supporters from the audience suggested that he built a bigger stadium. Trump indicated that his visit will result in more products "proudly stamped with the beautiful phrase Made in the USA". During the address, the president reiterated his recent conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg who told him that he is the number one on Facebook. "He (Zuckerberg) said, I just want to congratulate you. He said, you're number one in the world in Facebook. I said, no. I said, who's number two? He said, Prime Minister Modi of India," Trump said, adding that Modi has an advantage as he represents a larger population. "I said, wait a minute, wait a minute. He's got 1.5 billion people and we have 350 (million). He should be number one, but we're never going to give up that position of number one in the world for our country, for Facebook, for Twitter, anything, and they (the press) still haven't figured it out. They have not figured it out. But look at all that press. Look at all that press," Trump said.

India hitting US "very hard" on trade; will talk business with PM Modi: Donald Trump

New Delhi, Feb 14 () US President Donald Trump on his maiden trip to India will meet the country's top business leaders here on February 25, in a bid to push for deeper trade and business relations between the two nations, sources said on Friday. A CEO's Round-table will be organised to facilitate a meeting between the US President and corporate honchos from the world's fifth-largest economy in the national capital. Senior bureaucrats are also expected to attend the meeting, besides top executives from American corporations. Billionaires including Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Larsen and Toubro Chairman A M Naik and Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw are expected to attend the round-table meeting with Trump, one of the sources said adding that the US Embassy in New Delhi is coordinating the event while the list of attendees has been shared with the White House for clearance. The Confederation of Indian Industry and US-India business bodies have suggested the names of Indian executives for the Trump meeting, which are being reviewed currently, another source said. Microsoft Corp has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella will also visit India later this month. While the company confirmed the visit of the top executive, it did not give details about his itinerary. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump is slated to travel to India on February 24 and 25. RSN ANZ HRS

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