Overview
- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, on a three-day Washington visit from Wednesday, met senior US officials to advance work on defence, technology and trade cooperation.
- At the Pentagon he held talks with Under Secretary for Policy Elbridge Colby and Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment Mike Duffey on defence industrial links, tech sharing and supply chains.
- Meetings at the US Department of Commerce with Under Secretaries Jeffrey Kessler and William Kimmitt focused on critical technologies, export controls and building trusted trade routes.
- The push comes as a proposed India–US trade pact remains on hold after court rulings and shifting tariff rules, with new Section 301 investigations and an April 15 comment deadline that could lead to fresh measures.
- The agenda also covered a fragile two-week ceasefire that has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which matters for India’s fuel costs and the safety of millions of Indians working across the Gulf.