Alphabet Plots Big Expansion in India as US Restricts Visas

Also related - the India and the US have agreed to a tariff reduction deal [0] that now makes previously non-exempted Indian goods like jewelry, textiles, furniture, and others cheaper than those from the rest of Asia.

Midwesternern and Western GOP politicans in Iowa [1], Montana [2], and North Dakota [3] have been conducting backdoor diplomacy with India after India began tariffing American lentil exports shortly after China began tariffing American soybeans.

Furthermore, Indian oil majors have returned to purchasing Venezuelan oil now (in order to placate Trump in 2019, India shifted from purchasing Venezuelan and Iranian oil to purchasing Russian oil), but from the Trump admin [4] as well as working with American oil majors [5].

Keep being dicks to Indians working in American tech - the Indian government has been encouraging the H1B rule change [6][7] in order to help kick off India's version of the Thousand Talents Program [8] to reverse the brain drain - no one will help you. Not the Trump admin rolling out Pax Sillica's tech transfer program with India [9], nor the GOP leadership who depend on ONG and Ag voters in competitive Midwestern and Western states, nor the DNC for the exact same reason.

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46864274

[1] - https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/2025-09-07/gov-reyno...

[2] - https://www.daines.senate.gov/2026/01/20/daines-travels-to-i...

[3] - https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-dai...

[4] - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-talk...

[5] - https://www.livemint.com/companies/ongc-exxonmobil-collabora...

[6] - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/us-loss-will-be-indi...

[7] - https://vrfbharat.org/how-will-the-h1-b-visa-restriction-ena...

[8] - https://theprint.in/india/education/reversing-brain-drain-mo...

[9] - https://x.com/USAmbIndia/status/2010718052992618815