Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, left, hugs U.S. President Donald Trump during a joint statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
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Jun 27, 2017
Modi-Trump Meet: Prime Minister begins his engagement in Washington D.C.
PM Modi presented Pres Trump a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp that had been issued by India in 1965. pic.twitter.com/9TxzEIQVns
Complementing India for going ahead with the Goods and Services Tax rollout on July 1, President Trump said his administration is also looking to overhaul the tax system in the U.S.
Trump further said he hoped America could catch up with India and grow at a much faster pace, acknowledging India's pace of growth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to arrive at the White House to begin his first bilateral meet with Donald Trump, in less than 10 minutes.
In an op-ed piece published by the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Modi said that, “unlike before, India is not standing in a corner". He downplayed any friction with China citing growing diplomatic and trade relations with other Asian nations and spoke of strenthening ties with India's neighbours.