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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks on the U.S. and India's Shared Priorities, Apr. 22, 2025

April 22, 2025 · The White House · 0:26:08

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What happened

Vice President JD Vance delivered the keynote address at the Ananta Centre’s India-U.S. Forum in Jaipur, India, on April 22, 2025, during his first trip to India — the birthplace of the Second Lady’s parents, as he noted from the stage. The headline announcement: “President Trump and I, and Prime Minister Modi, have officially finalized the terms of reference for the trade negotiation,” which he called “a vital step toward realizing President Trump’s and Prime Minister Modi’s vision because it sets a roadmap toward a final deal between our nations.”

Vance framed the visit as partnership without preaching — a contrast, he said, with past Washington approaches he described as preachy or condescending toward Prime Minister Modi — while pressing, as he put it, for India to consider dropping non-tariff barriers to American market access; Modi, he said, “is a tough negotiator. He drives a hard bargain. It’s one of the reasons why we respect him.” On defense, he said the United States does more military exercises with India than with any other nation, and pointed to the U.S.-India COMPACT announced by Trump and Modi in February as the foundation for closer collaboration, including co-production “from Javelins to Stryker combat vehicles.” On energy, he argued cheap, dependable energy is essential to economic independence for both nations and that America wants to sell its energy to friends like India.

Why it matters

Jaipur was the trade-and-partnership centerpiece of Vance’s India trip: a finalized negotiating roadmap with the world’s most populous nation, delivered by the Vice President in person, tying together the administration’s trade, defense co-production, and energy-export agendas in a single address.

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Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks on the U.S. and India’s Shared Priorities” (official upload, embedded above; Jaipur, India). Remarks as delivered; transcript reviewed in the site’s private research store.