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                                                                                                                         JULY 10, 2026

                He argued that integrating coop-
            eration across sectors could unlock un-
            precedented economic gains for both
            countries.  Chambers  even  suggested
            that such collaboration could add three
            to four percentage points to India’s an-
            nual GDP growth while also boosting
            American economic growth by one to
            two percentage points. Missing this op-
            portunity, he cautioned, would mean
            “missing an opportunity forever.”
              Birthright Verdict a Good Sign
                  eyond  trade  and  strategic  co-
                  operation, the summit also
            Bunfolded against the backdrop
            of a  landmark decision  by the  US   Business leaders and officials at the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) IX Annual Leadership Summit, in Washington DC (US
            Supreme Court that many viewed as
            reaffirming  one  of  America’s  foun-                              India Strategic Partnership Forum/ANI Photo)
            dational promises. The Court upheld
            birthright citizenship, ruling that chil-  Growing Strategic Partnership  India’s Ambassador to the Unit-  long-term  ambition.  Across  govern-
            dren born in the United States are                                  ed States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra,    ment, business and industry there
            entitled to automatic American citi-      hile trade negotiations dom-  argued  that  India’s  own  economic   was broad agreement that India and
            zenship under the Citizenship Clause      inated headlines, discus-  transformation has positioned the   the United States are entering a new
            of the Fourteenth Amendment. The  Wsions  throughout  the  sum-     country as “an indispensable an-  chapter in their partnership, one
            judgment  was  welcomed  by  immi-  mit made it evident that the India-US   chor” for global growth, stability and   driven as much by technology and in-
            grant  communities,  including  the   relationship  is  increasingly  being   reliable partnerships. He attributed   novation as by diplomacy.
            large  Indian-American  diaspora  that   shaped by emerging technologies and   this  to  sustained  regulatory  reforms,   The proposed trade agreement,
            has become an increasingly important   shared strategic interests.  industrial expansion and invest-  if concluded, would provide fresh
            pillar of India-US relations.         US  Ambassador  to  India  Sergio   ments  in  frontier  technologies,  ex-  momentum  towards the shared  ob-
                Ajay Bhutoria, former White   Gor described the bilateral relation-  pressing  confidence  that  India  is  on   jective  of  expanding  bilateral  trade
            House adviser to former President Joe   ship as entering a fresh phase marked   course to become a USD 7 trillion   to USD 500 billion by 2030.
            Biden and an immigration advocate,   by  closer  cooperation  in  artificial  in-  economy by the end of the decade.  At the same time, cooperation
            described the verdict as “a historic vic-  telligence,  semiconductors,  defence   Collectively, these perspectives   in artificial intelligence, semiconduc-
            tory for justice, the U.S. Constitution,   manufacturing  and  resilient  supply   pointed to an important reality: the bi-  tors, quantum technologies, biotech-
            and  the  American  Dream.”  Accord-  chains. He stressed that engagement   lateral relationship has expanded well   nology,  defence  manufacturing  and
            ing  to  him,  the  ruling  protected  the   between the two countries remains   beyond traditional diplomacy. Today it   supply  chain  resilience  points  to  a
            Fourteenth Amendment and rejected   robust across trade, defence and   encompasses defence manufacturing,   relationship that is becoming broad-
            attempts to create “a tiered system of   people-to-people  exchanges,  reject-  advanced  technologies,  resilient  sup-  er and more sophisticated with each
            citizenship and strip rights from chil-  ing  suggestions  that  momentum  had   ply chains, capital investment, inno-  passing year.
            dren born on U.S. soil.”          slowed. He also pointed to the upcom-  vation and trusted partnerships across   Equally significant is the endur-
                Bhutoria also connected the rul-  ing meeting of Quad foreign ministers   multiple sectors.       ing  role  of  the  Indian  diaspora.  As
            ing with the ideals that have shaped the   and noted that the American embassy   Future of Ties       Sunil Bharti Mittal observed, nearly
            United States over the past 250 years.   in New Delhi had facilitated USD 20.5                        five  million  Indian-Americans  form
            As America celebrates a milestone an-  billion in fresh inbound investment   he message emerging from the   “a  beautiful  bridge”  connecting  the
            niversary of its independence, he said   into the United States during the cur-  USISPF Leadership Summit   two countries across trade, defence
            the  judgment  reaffirmed  “the  foun-  rent year.                  Twas  one  of  confidence  and    and  higher  technologies.  Former
            dational promise” that has made the                                                                   Ambassador  Kenneth Juster’s de-
            country “a beacon of freedom and op-                                                                  scription of people-to-people ties as
            portunity for two and a half centuries.”                                                              the  “secret  sauce”  of  the  relation-
                For the Indian community in                                                                       ship reinforces the idea that stra-
            America,  the  decision  carries  signif-                                                             tegic  partnerships  ultimately  draw
            icance  beyond  its  legal  implications.                                                             strength from human connections as
            Indian-Americans  today   occupy                                                                      much as from government policy.
            prominent positions across business,                                                                      As the United States marks 250
            academia, healthcare, technology and                                                                  years of independence and India con-
            public  service,  while  the  nearly  five-                                                           tinues its own economic transforma-
            million-strong  diaspora  continues  to                                                               tion, the bilateral relationship appears
            serve as a vital bridge between the two                                                               to be entering one of its most conse-
            countries. Bhutoria noted that “the                                                                   quential phases.
            South Asian diaspora and millions of                                                                      Built upon shared democratic
            immigrant  families  have  contributed                                                                values,  expanding  commercial  en-
            to the fabric, economy, and culture                                                                   gagement,  technological  collabora-
            of  this  nation,”  adding  that  the  rul-                                                           tion  and  strong  people-to-people
            ing ensures “America remains a land                                                                   ties, India-US relations are steadily
            of equal opportunity where a child’s   US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer at the USISPF Leadership Summit in   evolving into a partnership that both
            future is not determined by their par-                   Washington, DC (ANI Photo)                   countries increasingly see as central
            ents’ immigration status.”                                                                            to their future.

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