Economics
Iran Tension, Trade Friction to Complicate Pompeo's India Visit
- India seen as counterweight to China’s rise in the region
- Pompeo visit comes ahead of Trump, Modi meeting in Japan
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo arrives in India Tuesday fresh from a last-minute trip to the Gulf aimed at building a global coalition against Iran to tackle a different tricky subject: trade.
He’s seeking to strengthen ties in the Indo-Pacific region where America’s key economic rival -- China -- is expanding its reach. But Pompeo and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confront significant foreign policy challenges, from retaliatory tariffs to New Delhi’s plans to purchase the S-400 air defense system from Russia.