Rubio says Trump could visit India early next year as U.S.-India trade talks near completion

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Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is working toward a presidential visit to India in the early part of next year.
Rubio said he expects to return to India before the end of the year to help prepare for that possible presidential visit.
Rubio said the United States hopes to finalise a trade deal with India and described the negotiations as close to completion.
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said India and the United States are nearing a bilateral trade agreement, with only a handful of issues left to resolve.
Gor said negotiators are now focused in part on finalising the legal language of the proposed trade agreement before it is signed.
If Trump visits India next year, it would be his first trip to the country since his 2020 visit.
The possible visit is being discussed in the context of broader U.S.-India engagement that officials say includes trade talks and another Quad meeting.
No exact date for a Trump visit to India has been announced, so the trip remains a plan under discussion rather than a confirmed schedule.

How left and right are reading this

Both agree: A possible presidential visit is being tied to a trade agreement both sides describe as nearly finished, with remaining issues and legal language still being worked through.
They split on: Whether the story is about scrutinising the terms being locked in before summit symbolism hardens, or about using a possible visit to seal practical alignment with India.

Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is working toward a presidential visit to India in the early part of next year.
Rubio said he expects to return to India before the end of the year to help prepare for that possible presidential visit.
Rubio said the United States hopes to finalise a trade deal with India and described the negotiations as close to completion.
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said India and the United States are nearing a bilateral trade agreement, with only a handful of issues left to resolve.
Gor said negotiators are now focused in part on finalising the legal language of the proposed trade agreement before it is signed.
If Trump visits India next year, it would be his first trip to the country since his 2020 visit.
The possible visit is being discussed in the context of broader U.S.-India engagement that officials say includes trade talks and another Quad meeting.
No exact date for a Trump visit to India has been announced, so the trip remains a plan under discussion rather than a confirmed schedule.

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