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Trump’s visa shock strains India-US ties, clouds trade talks
BusinessLine· 2025-09-22 12:25
President Donald Trump’s move to curb skilled visas for foreigners adds a fresh blow to US-India ties that only last week appeared to be on the mend, creating new hurdles for a speedy trade deal. Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B applications will predominantly affect Indians, who’ve made up more than 70 per cent of the visas in the past. The US president’s order has rattled India’s $280 billion tech services industry, threatening their business outsourcing models and putting thousands of jobs at risk.Trump ...