Obama kicks off India trip with appeal for more trade

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 01:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QVD51G5noQ   Posted on YouTube: November 06, 2010 By YouTube Member: timesofearth Views on YouTube: 24   Posted on DU: November 06, 2010 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 320

 
-Obama will spend a busy three days in India, including a meeting with top Indian and US business leaders. He will travel to the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Sunday. During his stay in Mumbai, Obama and his wife Michelle will stay at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the scene of deadly fighting when a group of armed men attacked several landmarks across the city in 2008, claiming 166 lives. After arriving in Mumbai, Obama met survivors of the attack and paid tribute to those who died at a permanent memorial erected at the luxury seafront hotel, which was the focus of the militant assault and where 31 people, including 12 staff members, were killed.

Mumbai, India - U.S. President Barack Obama has announced plans to lower trade barriers with India in a push to boost business ties with the rising economic power.

President Obama outlined measures to ease export restrictions to India in a speech Saturday to a group of Indian and U.S. business leaders in India's financial center, Mumbai.

Mr. Obama also highlighted new business deals with India that he says will help create 54,000 jobs in the United States.

India is the first stop on the U.S. President's 10-day tour of Asia.

The president and first lady are staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, a target of the November 2008 terrorist attacks that killed 166 people. In a speech earlier Saturday he called the hotel a "symbol of the strength and resilience of the Indian people."

He also said he looks forward to further strengthening counterterrorism cooperation with India when he meets with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

Indian commentators were quick to note that the U.S. president's remarks about the Mumbai attacks did not mention Pakistan, which was the home base of the 10 attackers. India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the assault.

Mr. Obama's stay in India will be the longest time he has spent in a foreign country since taking office.

Mr. Obama will next visit Indonesia, where he lived during part of his childhood, then travel to Seoul for the summit of leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies.

The president is expected to raise the issue of China's tight control of its currency, which many lawmakers and business leaders say makes Chinese goods cheaper to sell on world markets. Mr. Obama is also hoping to announce progress on the long-stalled U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement.

President Obama will also visit South Korea and Japan. His trip comes days after his Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat in midterm congressional elections, losing control of the House of Representatives and several seats in the Senate.


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[Charleston Chew]

1. unconventional news sources

Here is a report from an international news orginazation. I don't really appreciate news sources from the molested perspective of the Corporate, American MSM. This post is a decent gage of what the rest of the world is reading and hearing about our United States of America.


Sincerly, H.C.2012