US Vice President JD Vance to visit India with second lady Usha Vance this month

US Vice President JD Vance is set to visit India later this month alongside Second Lady Usha Vance, reported Politico citing three sources familiar with the plans. This will be Vance's second foreign visit since assuming office and his wife's first visit to her ancestral country as a second lady. He made his debut visit in France and Germany last month.

The Vice President's visit comes amid growing tensions between India and the US over tariff cuts.

US President Donald Trump earlier this month attacked India's tariffs, saying it is "next to impossible to sell anything to India" because of the "high tariffs". He also announced reciprocal tariffs that would take effect on April 2 in an aim to impose the same tariff rates on imports from foreign countries as those nations impose on US exports.

The 78-year-old Republican, whose tariff announcements have sent stock markets into a tailspin, later claimed that India has agreed to slash its tariffs on US imports. "India charges us massive tariffs. Massive. You can't even sell anything in India... They have agreed, by the way, they want to cut their tariffs way down now because somebody is finally exposing them for what they have done," he told reporters at the White House.