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NEW DELHI: External affairs curate S Jaishankar connected Monday met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful New York, marking their archetypal in-person gathering since US President Donald Trump imposed further tariffs connected India.
Both the leaders met connected the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The 2 leaders past met successful Washington successful July for the 10th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting and had besides held discussions earlier successful January this year. The US levied hefty 50% tariffs connected India, including a 25% punitive complaint for Russian lipid purchases. The Trump's White House besides maintained a conspicuous soundlessness connected the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia communal defence pact amid reports that neither state informed Washington of the pact, suggesting a increasing US indifference to India’s concerns.And connected the apical of that H-1B visa interest hike. Trump connected Friday (US time) issued a caller statesmanlike proclamation titled "Restriction connected Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers" that introduces a large overhaul to the H-1B visa programme, imposing a steep $100,000 interest connected H-1B visa applications, raising caller questions astir whether this is simply a much-needed correction oregon a perchance crippling stroke to America's tech endowment pipeline.
The caller interest takes effect from 12:01 americium connected September 21, 2025, prompting migration attorneys and companies to counsel H-1B holders oregon their families presently extracurricular the US to instrumentality instantly oregon hazard being stranded.The interest summation represents a monolithic leap from the existent $2,000–5,000 range, sparking concerns implicit its interaction connected startups, tiny businesses, and Indian IT professionals.
