An article by Teresita C. Schaffer on Manmohan Singh’s fall 2009 visit to the United States.
India has become a major bilateral partner. It is the principal power in the Indian Ocean, increasingly a player in Asia-wide political and economic deliberations, with a lively security relationship with the United States. The United States had $61 billion in bilateral goods trade with India in 2007, the most recent available year. Additionally, India exported approximately $19 billion in software and related services to the United States in 2007, making the United States India’s top trading partner and India a significant trading partner for the United States.
Originally published November 23, 2009 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Critical Questions. Read the entire article.