PM Modi holds bilateral meeting with JD Vance on sidelines of AI Summit in Paris

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met US Vice President JD Vance on the sidelines of the AI Summit in Paris. This meeting comes a day ahead of PM Modi's two-day visit to the US.

In a bid to thwart a potential trade war, India is planning tariff cuts ahead of PM Modi's meeting with President Donald Trump -- a move that could boost US exports to India,



reported news agency Reuters. Once labelled as a "very big abuser" by Trump when it came to import tariffs, India will be looking to shed the tag and open its economy to US imports -- a message PM Modi wants Vance to carry to Trump before his visit to the US.

This was PM Modi's first interaction with a member of the newly-elected Donald Trump administration in India.