The bilateral meeting started at 2:30 am on 14th Feb. After the Modi-trump meeting, they had a press release in which Trump gave a framework to strengthen the ties economically between the US and India and make the MAGA plus MIGA mission powerful.
Key Points of Modi-Trump meeting
Starting this year we will be increasing military sales to India by millions of Dollars. USA will pave the way to F-35 stealth fighters. In the 2017 Trump administration, they revived and reinvigorated the Quad Security Partnership. He further stated that Peace security and prosperity need to be maintained in the region.
Anti terrorism-Working together on the threat of Radical Islamic terrorism. Hence, the extradition of terrorists who are believed to be behind the 26/11 terror attack to be done effectively.
The trade between India and the US is 100 billion dollars. India and the US agreed to long-term disparities. he further added the US needs playing field.
MAGA plus MIGA-Modi embraces the Make America Great Again movement of Trump As both rightwing leaders came back in power in June and November of 2024 respectively. In response to the term MAGA Modi gave MIGA so MAGA plus MIGA gains big partnership.
Mission 500-As per the tariff talk which was the key point of the meeting. As of 2024, the total trade between the two countries was 124 billion $ which is targeted to be 500 billion $ by 2030.However, the tariff talk was not much in favor of India as India had to reduce the tariffs in order to make the US penetrate India. Trump added that India would increase its purchase of US energy products helping to reduce the deficit.
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