From H 1B to Pli Plans: IP lawyer explains why the United States sees India’s technological aspirations as a red line

In a sharp comment on the strategy of political geography and global technology, intellectual property lawyer and author Navop Singh argued that the recent moves in the United States – from visa reforms to commercial pressure – are part of a systematic effort to reduce the rise of India as a manufacturing and manufacturing power.

In a detailed publication on X (Twitter previously), Singh tracked the US economic strategy to the late 1980s and 1990s, when the United States merged China as a center for manufacturing and put India as rear services, after India signed the Information Technology Agreement and the Service Agreement during the visit of President Bell Clinton 1997.

According to Singh, this model has directed STEM’s extensive talent in India to information technology services and programs, which prevents the country from building a strong system of devices and producer. The United States also strengthened this arrangement through the H-1B visa program, which was presented in 1990, which enabled American companies to employ high skills workers from abroad. India has emerged as the largest supplier of this talent, representing more than 70 % of H-1B visas.

“The United States has absorbed the best talent in India in technology and health care, which strengthened the wealth of American companies during the imprisonment of India in the background role,” Singh wrote. He pointed out that although there are long-term complaints about the abuse of H-1B through “Bodyshopping”, the recent increases in visa application fees during the era of former President Donald Trump reflect Washington’s renewed efforts to restrict the flow of Indian professionals.

Singh is the most prominent source of deeper concern in the American strategic circles: rapid progress in India in artificial intelligence, semi -conductors, product design, and rear integration through Atmanirbhar Bharat and PLI charts. He said this path reflects the climbing of the value chain in China, as it benefited from reaching foreign technology before developing self -sufficiency in rare land, semiconductor, and advanced electronics.

“Washington has imagined India as an ally of interface lines and rear service. Instead, India is heading towards manufacturing products, design and strategic independence – the red lines of America,” Singh noted. He added that American policy makers fear that India can follow the path of China for vertical integration, which is likely to be turbo in cooperation with Beijing.

According to Singh, Trump’s recent calls to understand “G2” with China may reflect American attempts to prevent raw materials and technological transfers to India, which reminds us of the United States pressure on Russia in the 1990s to deprive the refrigerated engines technology of the space program in India.

“From the fighter engines to graphics processing units, the United States does not want another China in India,” Singh said, and Singh concluded that Washington “systematically targeted the Indian economy” to maintain its hegemony in the world order.