and machinery are amongst the big sellers. but back in 2013 when he was vice president, joe biden said there was no reason trade between the two couldn t reach $500bn. for american companies the prize is obvious. access to the more than 1.4bn people that make up the world s biggest population. apple isjust one major us company that is expanding in india. its boss tim cook, along with those of microsoft and google, were amongst the guests as president biden rolled out the red carpet with a state dinner at the white house on thursday. here s a little of what the two leaders had to say. together india and the united states are working closely on everything from ending poverty to expanding access to health care to addressing climate change to tackling food and energy insecurity, stoked by russia s unprovoked war in the ukraine. , ., ., ukraine. any postcode era, the world is takin: a ukraine. any postcode era, the world is taking a new ukraine. any postcode era, the world is
grouping of the indo pacific economic forum which is getting a lot of attention these days. you have 45 seconds, lot of attention these days. you have 45 seconds, how much is china determining this relationship between the us and india? this is really about between the us and india? this is really about the between the us and india? this is really about the strategic - really about the strategic relationship and i think with this state visit, the administration, the biden administrative and is demonstrating how eager it is have india on our side. we have a strong shared strategic interest in this regard and consequently there has been a readiness to accept india s position on trading with russia during the ukraine conflict. the big ticket deliverables were in the defence and strategic side with the state visit. including co production ofjet engines, drones and this all involves india winning india off its historical dependency on russia for