US Vice-President Vance, Second Lady likely to visit India: US media report
US Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha are expected to visit India next month, according to the US media reports.
This visit will be Vance's second foreign trip as VP. Last month Vance had made a visit to France and Germany, reported Politico. The second lady Usha Vance has Indian roots with her parents having emigrated from India to the United States.
The visit is expected at a time when the two sides are involved in tough negotiations over tariffs.
Earlier on Tuesday (local time) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, while lamenting the tariffs imposed by various nations on the United States, referred to the tariffs imposed by India on American alcohol and agricultural products.
She added that today the US has a President who "actually looks out" for the interests of American businesses and workers.
"In fact, I have a handy dandy chart here that shows not just Canada but the rate of tariffs across the board. If you look at Canada since you brought it up American cheese and butter nearly 300 per cent tariff. You look at India, 150 per cent tariff on American alcohol. Do you think that's helping Kentucky bourbon be exported into India? I don't think so. 100 per cent tariff on agricultural products from India," Leavitt said."
- PTC NEWS
