President Trump's assertion of America First and Prime Minister Modi's call to "Make in India" are not mutually exclusive or contradictory, a senior US administration official said on Tuesday, ahead of advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump's maiden visit to India next week for the Global Economic Summit in Hyderabad. "America First is not at the exclusion of rest of the world...most governments prioritize people of their country, but that is not in a vacuum," the official said in a conference call previewing the visit, while maintaining the Trump administration believed in strong engagement and collaboration with India to grow economies of both countries.

President Trump's assertion of America First and Prime Minister Modi's call to "Make in India" are not mutually exclusive or contradictory, a senior US administration official said on Tuesday, ahead of advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump's maiden visit to India next week for the Global Economic Summit in Hyderabad. "America First is not at the exclusion of rest of the world...most governments prioritize people of their country, but that is not in a vacuum," the official said in a conference call previewing the visit, while maintaining the Trump administration believed in strong engagement and collaboration with India to grow economies of both countries.