Democratic Senator Mark Warner is also co-chair of the Indian Senate Caucus.
Washington:
The United States will work with countries like India, Japan and South Korea to tackle the threat of Chinese surveillance, said a top US senator, who passed legislation in Congress to make New Delhi a Washington’s strategic defense partner on a permanent basis, said.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Intelligence, said in an interaction with members of the US Security Council from India that China has become a major problem for US companies doing business. in this country and that intellectual theft was a big concern.
Mr Warner, who is also co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, said he had sponsored an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to make India a strategic defense partner on a base permed.
Expressing serious concerns about Chinese surveillance on all aspects of organizations doing business with Beijing, Warner said the United States would work with countries like India, Japan and South Korea to combat the Chinese threat.
Prominent Indian-American Ramesh Kapur of the United States Security Council for India said that given the current scenario it would make more sense to bring all manufacturing back to America.
He said that in areas where there were cost issues due to labor and other issues, it would make sense to move manufacturing to India for all US companies that are currently in China.
Bharat Barai, of Chicago, said that many medium and small electronics companies in the United States and India have suffered from unfair trade practices from China. He also offered the senator his services to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a statement.
Koty Krishna said that he had done a lot of business with China earlier and that he was always worried about getting his money back and that he was happy to have left this country.
Krishna Srinivasa said it is time for the United States and India to forge a lasting defense partnership that will last for at least 40 to 50 years and asked the Senator to continue the defense partnership with his friends in the Senate as Senator Robert Menendez and others. .
Nar Koppula told Senator Warner that the US-Indian community has always helped him in his elections and will continue to do so and called on him to support a stronger US-Indian partnership.
Rajendar Dichpally has expressed concern over China’s aggression against India and warned that Beijing’s attitude will not be limited to regions of South Asia and the Pacific, saying it will expand its ambitions and constitute a threat to the United States in the future because of its vast ambitions.
“All members agreed that it was absolutely necessary to curb China with partnerships with other friendly countries,” the statement issued by the Indian US Security Council said.
