U.S. And India Revamp Bilateral Energy, Trade Pacts

The Biden-Modi agreements focused on facilitating increased energy investments to ensure sustainable, affordable, reliable, resilient, and cleaner energy systems.

Lip service was given to reducing methane emissions from oil and gas activities but there was no mention of coal, which provides much of India ’s electric power today and into the future.

In early February , newly elected Vice President JD Vance and Prime Minister Modi met in Paris to discuss how the U.S. can assist India in diversifying its energy sourcing.

The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of enhancing the production of hydrocarbons to ensure better global energy prices.

The U.S. also affirmed its solid support for India ’s bid to join the International Energy Agency as a full member.

The two nations agreed to accelerate collaboration and investment across the entire critical minerals value chain.