India's Modi praises U.S. democracy in address to Congress -
“Together we shall give a better future to the world and a better world to the future,” Mr. Modi said to rousing bipartisan applause in remarks highlighting a state visit that many in Washington hope will foster closer U.S.-India coordination while countering an increasingly aggressive China.
Mr. Modi, who similarly addressed Congress after a warm visit with former President Trump in 2016, added that “together we shall demonstrate that democracy is better, and democracies deliver.” Officials also touted plans to bolster India’s microchip industry amid the administration’s push to diversify U.S. supply chains and manufacturing bases for high-tech products away from China, with U.S.-based Micron Technology agreeing to put up nearly a third of the investment to build a new $2.75 billion semiconductor assembly and test facility in Mr. Modi’s home state in India.
The Indian prime minister and his team were welcomed to the White House with the usual pomp and circumstance reserved for a foreign leader’s state visit, including marching bands, honor guards and a multi-gun salute on the South Lawn. U.S. officials characterize India— which still lags behind China as a trade partner of the United States, but whose 1.4 billion people surpassed China as the world’s most populous nation this year — as an essential international partner for navigating the future of climate change, artificial intelligence, supply chain resilience and balancing an ascendant China.At a joint news conference, the president broadly characterized the U.S.
Standing alongside Mr. Modi on Thursday, Mr. Biden took time to emphasize that press, religious and other fundamental freedoms should be at the core of how both democracies operate. The president said he and Mr. Modi had a “good discussion about democratic values” while meeting in the Oval Office. He appeared eager to underscore that message later in the day, stressing in his remarks on Capitol Hill that India is “home to all faiths in the world and we celebrate all of them,” and that diversity is a “way of life” in his country.
“There are millions here, who have roots in India. Some of them sit proudly in this chamber and there is one behind me,” he added drawing loud cheers for his reference to Vice President Kamala Harris sitting on the rostrum stage behind him. Ms. Harris’ mother immigrated to the United States from India.Despite the show of unity Thursday, the U.S. and India have a nuanced history.
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