07 November '10
Over the past few days, Obama has been in India emphasizing the US-India relationship:
President Barack Obama announced a host of new trade deals with India supporting tens of thousands of US jobs Saturday as he began a 10-day trip through Asia on a determinedly domestic note.
Intent on demonstrating his attention to the sluggish US economy even while overseas, Obama also told a meeting of US and Indian executives that the US would relax some export regulations that have complicated trade between America and this fast-growing country of 1.2 billion people.
“As we look to India today, the United States sees the opportunity to sell our exports in one of the fastest growing markets in the world. For America, this is a jobs strategy,” the president said in a speech to the US-India Business Council. The remarks also were aimed at US voters who punished Democrats in the midterm elections in part over continued high unemployment.
But while Obama may see India as a market, according to an article in Reform Magazine, India and Israel have a strong, ongoing relationship:
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I believe a reason for the agreement is a quid pro quo, so that India is now going to be a member of the UN Security Council.
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