US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sought to steady a turbulent partnership on Monday, meeting in New York just days after President Donald Trump unveiled a USD 100,000 fee for new H-1B visas — a move that rattled India’s tech sector.

The meeting, held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, was the first face-to-face since US tariffs on Indian goods reignited trade frictions earlier this summer. The two men greeted each other warmly, with both governments eager to project a message of continuity despite mounting economic irritants.

“India is a relationship of critical importance to the United States,” Rubio said, according to a State Department readout. He praised New Delhi’s engagement on trade, defense, energy, pharmaceutica

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