Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the United States will likely focus on addressing trade concerns, exploring ways to mitigate potential tariffs on key sectors like pharmaceuticals, enhancing defense collaboration, and potentially expanding India's role in the Quad grouping (which also includes Australia and Japan). Modi will travel to the United States on Feb. 12 for a two-day visit where he will meet with President Donald Trump for the first time since Trump retook office on Jan. 20. The visit follows Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's trip to Washington on Jan. 21 to meet with top diplomats from fellow Quad countries (the United States, Australia and Japan), which marked the first high-level engagement between India and the United States under the new Trump administration. It also follows a Jan. 27 phone call between Modi and Trump in which the two leaders discussed defense cooperation, tackling illegal immigration and...
