Introduction The bilateral relations between India and the United States (US) are marked by engagements in areas ranging from security and counterterrorism to agriculture, health, and space. The India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership—which also includes cooperation at multilateral and regional platforms—is anchored by the stability of its ‘form and function’. [1] While this stability is primarily informed by its ‘function’—rapidly converging interests in the Indo-Pacific region, strengthening of defence relations, and deepening trade and investment linkages—the value of ‘form’ cannot be understated. This has led to an emphasis on institutional frameworks that help preserve the partnership’s function from short-term or unresolved divergences (such as market access). In the current period of conflict and renewed inter-state rivalries, this emphasis is reflected in the results of consultative platforms such as the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. The two sides have also revived a number of platforms in recent years, including the India-US Trade Policy Forum (TPF), the India-US Commercial Dialogue, and the India-US CEO Forum. These platforms serve as dedicated channels for cooperation, ensuring that divergences in one area do not impede progress in another; they have also helped expand the scope (i.e., ‘function’) of the partnership.
Authors
- Attribution
- Kashish Parpiani, “Biden, Trump, and India-US Technology Partnership,” ORF Occasional Paper No. 447 , August 2024, Observer Research Foundation.
- Pages
- 28
- Published in
- India
Table of Contents
- Introduction 3
- Introduction 4
- Trump s Record 5
- New Precedents 5
- Trump s Record 6
- New Precedents 6
- Table 1 Key Developments in India-US Strategic Ties Under Trump 6
- Trump s Record 7
- New Precedents 7
- Trump s Record 8
- New Precedents 8
- Biden s Record Greater 9
- Institutionalisation 9
- Biden s Record Greater 10
- Institutionalisation 10
- Figure 1 Bidens Record on Listing Chinese Companies Under the Entity List 10
- Biden s Record Greater 11
- Institutionalisation 11
- Biden s Record Greater 12
- Institutionalisation 12
- Table 2 Crucial Developments on India-US iCET 2023 and 2024 12
- Biden s Record Greater 13
- Institutionalisation 13
- Biden s Record Greater 14
- Institutionalisation 14
- The Way Forward Overcoming 15
- The Way Forward Overcoming 16
- The Way Forward Overcoming 17
- The Way Forward Overcoming 18
- Conclusion 19
- Endnotes 20
- Endnotes 21
- Endnotes 22
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- Endnotes 26
- Endnotes 27
