Rubio’s India Visit Signals Stable India-US Partnership: Expert #marcorubio #indiausrelations

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Well, I you know, we'll know that when we see the outcomes, but it is good to see that at least the relationship is on a little steadier footing right now than it was for most of last year. Last year with the the visa fee imposition, the tariffs, the Russia tariffs, it just seemed like a lot of bad news coming out of mostly out of Washington that was worsening the relationship. But you know, you've had things kind of plateau and begin to improve a bit. India joining Pax Sillica, getting a new 10-year defense agreement.

[00:00:25]Some of the tariffs have been removed.

[00:00:27]So So I think at least we're on a bit of upswing and I think uh Secretary Rubo's arriving with the ground a little more stable than it would have been if he'd done this maybe maybe 6 months ago. But still, you know, we want to see tangible outcomes. We want to see progress on getting the trade agreement across the finish line. We want to see relaxation of restrictions on visa. We want to see security cooperation deepen. So a lot lot of attention going to be paid to this. And is the quad going to be brought back up to leaders level or is minister now the kind of the new high level that'll happen on annual basis? So a lot of questions we're all going to find out during the trip.