U.S., India partnership targets arms and AI to compete with China - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The White House is launching a concern with India connected Tuesday that President Joe Biden hopes volition assistance the countries vie against China connected subject equipment, semiconductors and artificial quality (AI).

Washington wants to deploy much Western mobile telephone networks successful the subcontinent to antagonistic China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd (HWT.UL), to invited much Indian machine spot specialists to the United States and to promote companies from some countries to collaborate connected subject instrumentality similar artillery systems.

Yet the White House faces an uphill conflict connected each front, including U.S. restrictions connected subject exertion transportation and visas for migrant workers, on with India's longstanding dependence connected Moscow for subject hardware, issues it hopes to present address.

Biden's nationalist information adviser, Jake Sullivan, and his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, are gathering with elder officials from some countries astatine the White House connected Tuesday to motorboat the U.S.-India Initiative connected Critical and Emerging Technologies.

"The larger situation posed by China - its economical practices, its assertive subject moves, its efforts to predominate the industries of the aboriginal and to power the proviso chains of the aboriginal person had a profound interaction connected the reasoning successful Delhi," Sullivan said.

"This is different large foundational portion of an wide strategy to enactment the full antiauthoritarian satellite successful the Indo-Pacific successful a presumption of spot ... it's a strategical stake by the 2 leaders... connected the thought that creating a deeper ecosystem betwixt the United States and India volition service our strategic, economical and technological interests."

New Delhi has frustrated Washington by participating successful subject exercises with Russia and expanding purchases of the country's crude oil, a cardinal root of backing for Russia's warfare successful Ukraine. But Washington has held its tongue, nudging the state connected Russia portion condoning India's much hawkish stance connected China.

On Monday, Sullivan and Doval participated successful a Chamber of Commerce lawsuit with firm leaders from Lockheed Martin Corp, (LMT.N) Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) and Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT.O)

While India is portion of the Biden administration's signature Asian engagement task Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) connected proviso chains, cleanable vigor and anti-corruption, it has opted against joining the IPEF commercialized pillar negotiations.

The caller inaugural besides includes a associated effort connected abstraction and high-performance quantum computing.

General Electric Co (GE.N), meanwhile, is asking the U.S. authorities for support to nutrient pitchy engines with India that would powerfulness craft operated and produced by India, according to the White House, which says a reappraisal is underway.

Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Chris Sanders, Josie Kao and Himani Sarkar

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