Ahead of Trump meeting, Modi connects with Musk, top US officials, talks tech and trade

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Ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met key members of his team — National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and billionaire Elon Musk — in Washington DC on Thursday. Among the issues discussed were: “intelligence cooperation in counter-terrorism, cybersecurity”, “defence, technology and security”, cooperation in “AI, semiconductors and space”. Modi and Waltz also discussed “strategic technologies”, as well as “defence industrial cooperation and civil nuclear energy with an emphasis on small modular reactors, and counter-terrorism”. A new defence framework, a fair trade deal in 2025 and continuation of...