The Biden administration is keen for Indian officials to cut through the red tape and advance the deal ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit next week

Supply chain negotiations are one of four "pillars" of the IPEF, which is Biden administration's main economic initiative in Asia and aims to provide the region an alternative to closer ties with China

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said India could key become a key electronics supplier to the US, while adding that Washington was not seeking a "technological decoupling" from China

India is also pushing to avoid using the term "war" to describe Russia's invasion of Ukraine in official communique, G20 officials said

Washington hopes to deploy more Western mobile phone networks in India and also welcome more Indian computer chip specialists to the US