Trade deal with India would further enhance bilateral relationship: US Representative Huizenga

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: (Dec 11) A new trade deal between India and the US under President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would further enhance the bilateral relationship, a top US official has said, underlining that Washington’s partnership with New Delhi is critical.

These remarks were made by House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga on Wednesday at a subcommittee hearing titled ‘The US India Strategic Partnership: Securing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific’.

“The US-India relationship is no longer just important. It is a defining relationship of the 21st century. If America wants a free Indo-Pacific, resilient supply chains and a world where democracy, not authoritarianism, sets the rules, then our partnership with India is critical,” Huizenga said in his opening remarks.