Ivanka Trump impacts the Modi-Trump Axis, and CNN International, says think tank

Ivanka Trump impacts the Modi-Trump Axis, and CNN International, says think tank

New Delhi, November 29, 2017

Senior White House Advisor, and daughter of President Trump, Ms. Ivanka Trump, arrived in India today to participate and deliver a keynote address at the 7th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) that is being co-organized by the United States and India. The theme of the GES summit this year is about empowering and capacity building of women entrepreneurs, comprising sessions, networking, and master-classes on various aspects of entrepreneurship, spread over 3 days, with over 1,500 participants, at the Indian city of Hyderabad.

Ivanka Trump's high profile visit to India comes just days after President Donald Trump remarked that CNN International is doing a poor job of covering the United States, and is thus creating a bad image of the Trump administration globally. He categorized all of US media except Fox News as "fake" media and awarded the championship to CNN International for spreading a poor image of America in the world. Therefore it is being assumed in key circles that one of the important objectives of Ivanka Trump's visit to India is to counter the negative narrative about America that is being promoted by CNN International globally, and in India.

With her participation in the GES as an ambassador of the United States, Ivanka is evoking high level of interest and curiosity in Indian media. Apart from her role at the GES to promote entrepreneurship, and women empowerment, the GES opportunity also gives her a mega-phone and visibility over two days in India to convey the values and imagination of America to counter the negative image of America that CNN International has been propagating globally, about which President Trump is so concerned.

Though the GES event is billed as promoting entrepreneurship, the past record of the earlier six GES summits shows that the events did not result in any significant direct business or investments in the countries where-ever it was held. That may be because the initiative was started by President Obama in 2010 more as a step to engage with Muslim countries by show-casing to them the spirit of entrepreneurship and American values, and free markets, rather than events which focused solely on business deal-making.

"The fact that the first-ever high-profile and official visit of Ivanka Trump outside the United State is to India has a special meaning for the Modi-Trump axis, much beyond the actual business deals that may be made at the GES 2017", said Robinder Sachdev, President, Imagindia Institute. "The buzz in India around her visit helps to spread awareness of the core values and interests such as entrepreneurship, innovations, and start-up culture, that are common to India and the United States, and which the Modi-Trump axis is promoting to transform the US-India relationship to a newer level", he added.

Initially viewed with tentative concern in India as an unknown personality, President Trump is being increasingly appreciated in India for his policies with regards to regional security and terrorism in the Indo-Pacific region and South Asia. Meanwhile on trade and investment also, both countries continue to see a robust growth over the past decade.

"Ivanka Trump's visit to India will act as a booster shot to the linkages between the new-age IT and innovation industries of the United States and India. In addition, the focus on women empowerment by Ivanka is a master-stroke - it will especially build goodwill among young women in India towards the United States", said Robinder Sachdev.

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Robinder N Sachdev
President
Imagindia Institute
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