(22 Apr 2025)
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Jaipur, India – 22 April 2025
1. Wide of US Vice President JD Vance walking onto stage, waving at the audience
2. SOUNDBITE (English) JD Vance, US Vice President:
“Both of our governments are hard at work on a trade agreement, built on shared priorities like creating new jobs, building durable supply chains, and achieving prosperity for our workers. In our meeting yesterday, Prime Minister Modi and I made very good progress on all of those points. We are especially excited to formally announce that America and India have officially finalized the terms of reference for the trade negotiations. I think this is a vital step.”
3. Cutaway of Indian and American flags
4. Cutaway of audience
5. SOUNDBITE (English) JD Vance, US Vice President:
“It’s fitting that India this year is hosting the Quad leaders summit this fall. Our interests in a free, open, peaceful and prosperous Indo-pacific are in full alignment. Both of us know, that the region must remain safe from any hostile powers that seek to dominate it. Grow relations between our countries over the last decade are part of what let America to designate India a major defense partner.”
6. Various cutaways of audience
7. SOUNDBITE (English) JD Vance, US Vice President:
“We of course want to collaborate more. We want to work together more and we want your nation to buy more of our military equipment which of course we believe is the best in class. American fifth generation F-35s for example would give the Indian Airforce the ability to defend their airspace and protect your people like never before. And I have met a lot of great people from the Indian Airforce just in the last couple of days.”
8. Cutaway of camera and audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) JD Vance, US Vice President:
"Now in defense, our countries already enjoy a close relationship. One of the closest relationships in the world. America does more military exercises with India than we do with any other nation on Earth. US-India compact that President Trump and Prime Minister Modi announced in February will lay the foundation for even closer collaboration between our countries. From javelins, to striker combat vehicles, our nations will co-produce many of the ammunitions that will need to deter foreign aggressors.”
10. Wide of Vance waving and leaving stage
11. Delegates posing for pictures with Usha Vance, wife of JD Vance
STORYLINE:
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called for enhanced engagement with India and said that the South Asian country should buy more defense equipment and energy from the U.S. and allow Washington greater access to its market, lending momentum to an expected bilateral trade deal.
Vance, who is on a four-day visit to India, said that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi made progress on trade talks during their discussions on Monday, and confirmed that both sides had finalized the terms of reference for the trade negotiation — a vital step towards setting the road map for the final agreement.
India and the U.S. hope to seal a bilateral trade agreement this year and have set an ambitious target of more than doubling their bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030. If achieved, the trade deal could significantly enhance economic ties between both countries and potentially strengthen diplomatic ties as well.
"Both of our governments are hard at work on a trade agreement, built on shared priorities like creating new jobs, building durable supply chains, and achieving prosperity for our workers," Vance said.
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