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‘Looking Back, Looking Ahead in India-US relations’

with Amb. Kenneth Juster, Amb. Richard Verma @richardrverma Lisa Curtis @lisacurtisdc

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@lisacurtisdc: “October 2008 was definitely a watershed moment in the US, India relationship. I had attended the signing of the bilateral 123 agreement by then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee.”

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@lisacurtisdc to @byniknat: “Fast forward, 12 years. ...when I would say the US, India relationships hit another milestone. And that was the kind of support that the US provided India in the wake of the India-China border crisis.”
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@lisacurtisdc to @byniknat: As we look back at the #Trump admin foreign policy, we will see elevation of the US -India relationship as well as the advancement of the #Quad dialogue as foreign policy achievements.

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Amb. Ken Juster to @byniknat: US - India relationship transformed at the turn of the century right at the end of @BillClinton admin with a trip by Pres Clinton, and then we really began to get beyond the estrangement caused by the nuclear tests in the Bush admin.”
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Amb Ken Juster to @byniknat on the building blocks that went into the India - US civil nuclear deal: Creating the India high tech cooperation group in collab with then Foreign Sec Kanwal Sibal was key, says Juster.

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Amb Ken Juster to @byniknat: India high tech cooperation group “really laid out how the two sides would talk about hi tech issues, and focus on India's desire to get its companies off the Entity List that restricted exports to them.”

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@richardrverma to @byniknat: “We've had so many ups and downs over our (India-US) history. But we've had a relatively solidly upward trajectory for the last two decades, and that's a great thing.”

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@richardrverma to @byniknat: "President @BillClinton began the process of de-hyphenating our relationship between India and Pakistan. You know for 30 years, we didn't really have an India policy we had an Indo-Pak policy."
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@richardrverma: “It was right around the 1999 period where President Clinton said enough. We're not going to balance each country off of each other. And he leaned into the India relationship.”
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@richardrverma: “India-US Civil nuclear deal was about three things. First - it was about accepting India as a nuclear weapons power, officially. It was essentially accepting the status, that was a big deal.”
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@richardrverma, continuing on India US civil nuke: “Secondly, it was about going to bat for India on the international stage in international institutions to kind of right size the ship.”
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@richardrverma, Point # 3 on India US civil nuke: “Without the US Congress and without the pressure and campaign by the Indian American diaspora, that civil nuclear deal would have never occurred.”
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@richardrverma: We have always had a great flow of Indian nationals coming to the US to study, but we have not been able to do the reverse for some reason. American students aren’t coming to India in the way we would like them to. #Raisina2021

@richardrverma to @byniknat: There is a lack of formal and binding mechanisms across "any category" of the #USIndia relationship. Obviously, we are not going to become treaty allies. But there is a need to weave all our progress into a partnership.
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@richardrverma: There are days and weeks when I wonder whether India has made its strategic choice. I hope they will choose us [the US] and I am not sure if that has happened just yet.

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Amb. Kenneth Juster: If we unfortunately cannot meet up on our bilateral trade issues — which has been the case owing to internal domestic reasons, then we need to make sure it doesn't infect other elements of the relationship — like our security ties.

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@lisacurtisdc: Challenges from #China on the economic and technology front will help drive closer US-India economic and technology cooperation.

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@lisacurtisdc: Some of the specific economic issues facing the US-India relationship may get addressed through a broader approach to the #China challenge. #Raisina2021

@lisacurtisdc: The US and India — along with the other Quad countries, need to ensure that digital networks are protected and secured from malign actors.

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@lisacurtisdc: The recent #Quad joint statement summed it up well, with its support for an Indo-Pacific anchored in democratic values and unconstrained by coercion.
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Amb. Kenneth Juster: India has rejected the RCEP. It now needs to figure out what group of countries it would like to see its economic growth with.

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@richardrverma: One area where India and the United States can really do a lot together, is on the digital trade front and building a digital economy. Taken merely baby steps so far. #Raisina2021

@richardrverma: We (India and US ) should be able to come up with common standards for the digital economy. Really exciting area to work on.
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@lisacurtisdc: With @POTUS admin focusing the #Quad on economic and technology issues, Quad security cooperation — particularly maritime security, should continue to remain an important component. #Raisina2021

Amb. Kenneth Juster: People-to-people ties have been the foundation of the US-India relationship. There are now over 4 million Indian Americans in the US.
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Amb. Kenneth Juster: The US-India strategic partnership would not exist if it wasn't for the involvement of the vibrant private sector.

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@richardrverma: Personal relationships matter in US-India ties. They help us overcome our collective hesitations of history, and set us towards a shared US-India commitment and vision. #Raisina2021

Amb. Ken Juster: I remember negotiating the US-India Next Steps in Strategic Partnership with then Jt. Secy @DrSJaishankar — who later became India's Ambassador to US. When I got to India as US Amb., he was the Foreign Secy and now the Minister of External Affairs ! #Raisina2021

@lisacurtisdc: "Words are important." We don't want to trigger domestic constituencies which may have lingering suspicions about the India US relationship. "Diplomatic finesse" matters.
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Amb. Ken Juster: India-US will be one of the "most consequential" bilateral relationships of the century.
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And, it's time for a cup of tea! ☕️

'Looking Back, Looking Ahead in India-US relations' has just wrapped up.

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