卢比奥在孟买谈美印关系：贸易协议「非常接近」达成 双边贸易额已达2400亿美元
美国国务卿卢比奥（Marco Rubio）10月23日在印度孟买 Taj Mahal Palace 酒店接受《今日印度》（India Today）咨询编辑 Raj Chengappa 专访，美国驻印度大使戈尔（Sergio Gor）一同受访，两人就美印贸易协议、能源合作、民用核能与四方安全对话等议题发表谈话。
谈及两国贸易协议磋商，卢比奥说：「说实话，我认为我们非常接近了。」他表示，美印须就双边贸易达成一份公平协议；一份可靠的贸易安排将为美国企业在印度投资消除不确定性，印度也需要可预期、可持续的美国市场准入。
戈尔在专访中表示，美印双边贸易额已达约2,400亿美元，而15年前仅约200亿美元；双方的目标是在三年内把双边贸易额提升至5,000亿美元。能源方面，两人谈到美国希望支持印度实现能源来源多元化，包括采购委内瑞拉原油，并发展印度的炼油能力。民用核能方面，双方讨论了以小型模块化反应堆（SMR）推进合作。
谈及四方安全对话（Quad），卢比奥表示该机制将继续运作，美国希望与印度、日本、澳大利亚在关键矿产、人工智能、造船等领域深化合作。他还表示，美方正在推进的签证政策改革是面向全球的，并非针对印度。谈到俄乌战争，卢比奥表示，美国认为这场冲突最终只能通过外交途径解决。
来源：GSM·美国
Rubio in Mumbai: US-India Trade Deal 'Very Close,' Bilateral Trade Now at $240 Billion
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down with India Today consulting editor Raj Chengappa at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on October 23, joined by U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, for an interview covering the U.S.-India trade deal, energy ties, civil nuclear cooperation and the Quad.
Asked about the trade negotiations, Rubio said: "We are very close, to be frank." He said the two countries need a fair trade arrangement, and that a reliable deal would remove uncertainty for American companies investing in India, while India needs predictable, sustainable access to the U.S. market.
Gor said bilateral trade has reached about $240 billion, up from roughly $20 billion 15 years ago, and that the goal is to raise it to $500 billion within three years. On energy, the two discussed U.S. support for India diversifying its energy sources, including purchases of Venezuelan crude, and expanding India's refining capacity. On civil nuclear cooperation, they discussed working together on small modular reactors.
On the Quad, Rubio said the grouping will continue, and that the United States wants deeper cooperation with India, Japan and Australia on critical minerals, artificial intelligence and shipbuilding. He added that the visa policy reforms the administration is pursuing are global in scope, not directed at India. On the Russia-Ukraine war, Rubio said the United States believes the conflict can ultimately be resolved only through diplomacy.
Source: GSM · USA
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