India to explore closer collaboration with US in Trump 2.0 govt: S. Jaishankar [Video]

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said that India would be exploring more “collaborative possibilities” with the US once the Donald Trump-led administration takes over.

Addressing the CII Partnership Summit 2024 on the theme of ‘India and the World,’ S. Jaishankar said: “The advent of the second Trump Administration is also obviously a major consideration in business circles. Obviously, the only safe prediction is a degree of unpredictability. Different countries have had their own experiences from the first Administration and would presumably draw from that to approach the second. Where India is concerned, I can state with confidence that the strategic convergences with the United States have only grown deeper with time. They have created a larger environment in which more collaborative possibilities can be explored.

“Naturally, between two major economies, there will always be some give and take. When we look at economic or technology domains, the case …