Modi Looks to U.S. to Expand India’s Tech Ambitions. Why It Won’t Be Easy.


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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) is meeting with President Joe Biden this week in the U.S.

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A state dinner at the White House, address to a joint session of Congress, and one-on-one with Elon Musk might satisfy most foreign leaders visiting Washington. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brings much bigger ambitions with him this week: hitching India’s wagon to the decoupling/derisking/friend-shoring star that is gradually shifting advanced manufacturing out of China.