Wall Street and US Tech Push Deeper Into India

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is traveling to India as Wall Street intensifies its competition for deals in the country, with JPMorgan expecting a rise in Indian outbound mergers and acquisitions as companies work to secure supply chains. The push comes amid a threat of 100% US tariffs and questions about whether India's new trade deals can reduce its dependence on America. In parallel, US firms are expanding their Indian operations: Google will report child abuse content directly to Indian authorities, and Workday is growing its India global capability center as it builds agentic systems. Commodity pricing agency Platts also proposed launching an India 1718 Steam Basmati rice price assessment and amending the basis location for part of its India rice assessments, both effective November 2.