蒙大拿州州长格雷格·詹福特刚刚从对印度的贸易访问中返回，此次访问在美国反印情绪普遍上升的背景下，引发了一波网络辱骂。在接受《国会山报》的广泛采访时，詹福特淡化了反对声音，称尽管有噪音，此次访问仍取得了显著进展。他向印度推销蒙大拿州更多的农产品，同时吸引印度科技和制药公司到其州设立分支机构。
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has just returned from a trade mission to India, a trip that drew a wave of online abuse amid a broader rise in anti-Indian sentiment in the US. In a wide-ranging interview with HT, Gianforte brushed off the backlash, saying the visit had made significant progress despite the noise. He pitched India on buying more of Montana's farm produce, while courting Indian technology and pharmaceutical companies to set up shop in his state.
州长，您刚刚作为贸易代表团的一部分访问了印度和斯里兰卡。您能否和我们谈谈您从这次经历中带回了什么？正如您所知，印度是世界上最大且增长最快的市场之一。它是第五大经济体，预计到2030年将成为第三大经济体。因此，这是一个机遇。蒙大拿和印度已经存在贸易往来。印度购买蒙大拿州的豆类作物，包括扁豆、豌豆和鹰嘴豆。
Governor, you were just in India and Sri Lanka as part of a trade mission. Could you talk to us a little bit about what you're bringing home from that experience? As you know, India is one of the world's biggest and fastest growing markets. It's the fifth largest economy and projected to be the third largest by 2030. So this is an opportunity. Montana and India already trade with each other. India buys Montana pulse crops, which includes lentils, peas, and chickpeas.
我们是北美这些产品的最大生产国，印度还购买在这里制造的商用飞机零部件。两种经济高度互补。印度带来规模、技术、人才和资本。蒙大拿带来豆类作物、关键矿物、光子学、量子专长和快速增长的经济。因此，我们的关系正在扩大，此次访问的目的确实是深化现有关系并寻找新机遇。您提到了农业领域。作为美印贸易协定的一部分，印度已同意开放其部分农业部门以供美国出口。
We're the largest producer of these products in North America, and India also buys commercial aircraft parts that are manufactured here. The two economies are very complementary. India brings scale, technology, talent, and capital. Montana brings pulse crops, critical minerals, photonics, quantum expertise, and a fast-growing economy. So, our relationship is broadening, and the purpose of this trip was really to deepen existing relationships and find new opportunities. You mentioned the agricultural sector. India has agreed to open up some of its agricultural sector to US exports as part of a US-India trade deal.
那么，蒙大拿州的农民具体在寻求什么？我们需要双向通畅。印度和美国的企业都需要确定性。农业是蒙大拿州价值62亿美元的产业。正如我所说，蒙大拿州是美国豌豆、扁豆和鹰嘴豆的最大生产国。印度对豆类的需求使其成为我们自然的长期市场。在此次访问期间，我们向印度买家的核心诉求是：我们希望获得公平且稳定的市场准入。
What exactly are Montana's farmers looking for? We need a two-way street. Businesses in India and the US both need certainty. Agriculture is a $6.2 billion industry in Montana. As I mentioned, Montana is the US’ largest producer of peas, lentils, and chickpeas. India's demand for pulses makes it a natural long-term market for us. And the central ask for us on this trip to our buyers in India was: we want fair and stable market access.
否则，我们的农民就没有把印度需要的作物种下去的确定性。在其他外国市场——中国除外——我们有长期的关系，关于种植什么作物的决定通常在收获前一年就做出。如果农民不知道市场是否可用，他就不会种植该作物。因此，对于我们的农民，我们需要稳定且公平地进入一个能提供可预测性的市场——这可能意味着多年合同。
Otherwise, our farmers don't have the certainty to plant the crops that India needs. With other foreign markets - China excepted - we have long-term relationships and decisions about what crops go in the ground are generally made a year before they're harvested. If a farmer doesn't know that the market's available, he's not going to plant the crop. So, for our farmers, we need stable and fair access to a market that gives predictability-which might mean multi-year contracts.
这意味着基线采购。这是我们在关系中所寻求的稳定性。数据显示，印度IT巨头甚至在美国打压之前就大幅削减了绿卡申请。您曾会见科技行业人士。您还在贸易使命期间谈到了矿产和采矿。印度哪些公司和行业对投资蒙大拿州表现出兴趣？我将重点介绍三个。蒙大拿州是投资的首选市场。它也是印度公司通往北美市场的自然门户。
It means baseline buying. This is the stability that we're looking for in the relationship. Indian IT giants radically reduced green card applications even before US crackdown, data showsYou met people in the tech sector. You were also talking about minerals and mining on your trade mission. What sort of companies and sectors in India showed an interest in investing in Montana?I'll highlight three. Montana is a prime market for investment. It's also a natural gateway to the North American marketplace for Indian companies.
蒙大拿州是美国第五快速增长的经济体。从2021年到2025年，实际GDP增长超过16%，超过了整个美国市场的增长速度，并且被评为2025年创办企业的最佳地点。这包括初创企业的最佳10年生存率。因此，我们在那里时重点关注了三个领域。第一是生物科学。蒙大拿州最近扩大了我们尝试新疗法的权利。这为临床研究和获得符合条件的实验性治疗开辟了新机遇，而在其他任何州都无法获得这样的水平。
Montana is the fifth fastest growing economy in the US. Real GDP grew over 16% from 2021 to 2025, outpacing the growth of the overall US marketplace, and it was ranked the best place to start a business in 2025. That includes the best 10-year survival rates for startups. So, three areas that we focused on while we're there. The first is bioscience. Montana recently expanded our right to try law. This opens up new opportunities for clinical research and access to qualifying experimental treatments at a level not available in any other state.
印度正在扩展到全球这些产品最大市场——美国——的生物技术和制药公司，可以利用蒙大拿州的诊所进行临床试验，而在其他任何州都无法以这种方式进行。这将大幅降低进入市场的成本。这就是第一点。第二是农业技术。印度和蒙大拿州从根本上都是农业市场。
Indian biotech and pharmaceutical companies expanding into the world's largest market for those products, which is the US, can utilise Montana clinics for trials in a way that's not available in any other state. This will dramatically lower the cost of entry to the marketplace. So that's number one. Number two is agri-tech. Both India and Montana are fundamentally agricultural markets.
正如印度采用了创新和技术，蒙大拿州也如此。我们讨论了精准农业和农业技术。一些印度农业技术企业即将来访，考虑在此建立存在。因此，就像印度一样，蒙大拿州拥有世界级的研究人员。我们正在考虑大学之间在实际应用技术（如农业）方面的合作。我要提到的第三个也是最后一个领域是航空航天和先进制造业。
Just as India has adopted innovation and technology, so has Montana. Precision agriculture and agri-tech were discussed. We have some upcoming visits from Indian agri-tech businesses looking at establishing a presence here in Montana. So, like India, Montana is home to world-class researchers. So we're looking at collaboration between our universities on practical use technology like agriculture. And the third and last one I'll mention is aerospace and advanced manufacturing.
波音在蒙大拿州有业务。我们访问了波音在班加罗尔的设施。Janicki（工业）刚刚在此落户。他们计划雇佣约2000人来制造飞机零件。我们在蒙大拿州有一个战争部办公室。它是为中小企业与美国战争部开展业务提供的通道。因此，这是第三个潜在合作领域。印度IT公司成为美国绿卡限制影响的8家公司之一，随着美国扩大签证打压。
Boeing has a presence here in Montana. We visited the Boeing facility in Bengaluru. Janicki (Industries) just located here. They're going to hire about 2000 people making aircraft parts. We have a Department of War office in Montana. It's an on-ramp for smaller companies to do business with the US Department of War. So this is a third area of potential collaboration. Indian IT firms among 8 hit by US green card curbs as America widens visa crackdownYou went to IISc and met Indian researchers.
您去了印度科学院并会见了印度研究人员。您认为印度学生和研究人员在蒙大拿州的大学中能发挥什么作用？嗯，蒙大拿州大学体系中的印度学生是第二大外国学生群体，仅次于加拿大——我们的北部邻居。因此，印度学生已经存在于我们的大学体系中，而且存在巨大的机遇，特别是对于印度公司在蒙大拿州建立北美据点时，为这些受过美国培训的印度人提供就业机会，使他们能够与这些公司合作并推进研究，无论是在航空航天、生物科学还是农业技术领域。
What role do you see as that role that Indian students and researchers can play in Montana's universities? Well, Indian students in the Montana university system make up the second largest foreign student population, second only to Canada, who’s our northern neighbor. So, Indians are already present here in our university system, and there's tremendous opportunity, particularly for Indian companies as they establish their North American beachhead in Montana, for jobs for these American-trained Indians to work with them and to further research, whether it's in aerospace, bioscience, or agri-tech.
因此，这并不是什么新鲜事。这实际上只是关系发展的下一步。直率地说，最近网上出现了大量反印度情绪，其中很多来自美国。您在访问印度期间曾面临大量网上辱骂。
So this is not something new. This is really just the next step in the relationship. To be blunt, there has been an outpouring of anti-Indian sentiment online recently, much of it coming from America. You faced a great deal of online vitriol over your visit to India.
这会对您正在尝试做的事情产生什么影响？我们来到这里只有一个目的，那就是以一种既能惠及印度、蒙大拿州和美国的方式，进一步推进蒙大拿州的利益。这些好处非常明显。当我们合作时，我们能够开展突破性的研究。我们能够在蒙大拿州创造就业机会。我们为印度提供食物和蛋白质。因此，每个人都能受益。坦率地说，在当今的环境下，如果不遇到一点阻力，你什么都做不了。
How does this impact what you’re trying to do? We were there for one purpose, and that's to further Montana's interests in a way that benefits both Indian India, Montana and the US. The benefits are very clear. When we work together, we get groundbreaking research. We get jobs in Montana. We feed and provide protein to India. So everybody benefits. And frankly, in today's environment, you can't do anything without getting a little bit of pushback.
但我有信心，我们已经取得了良好的进展。我们加深了现有的关系，并建立了新的关系。我也期待着我们在此次旅行中所付出努力所带来的成果。我们也非常明确地表示，我们的关系建立在长期关系之上，而不是通过压榨另一方来获得的交易。特朗普政府计划对毕业后工作计划征收7万美元费用，印度学生可能受影响最大您曾主张加强大学、研究人员和公司之间的联系。
But I'm confident that we made good progress. We deepened existing relationships and we made new ones. And I'm looking forward to fruit that's going to come from our efforts on this trip. And we were very clear that our relationship is based on long-term relationships, not transactions that are squeezed out of another party. Trump admin plans $70,000 fee on post-study work programme, Indians likely to be hit hardestYou’ve made a pitch for more connections between universities, researchers and companies.
当然，最近关于印度公司和人才的一个担忧，围绕着特朗普政府限制移民进入美国的举措。您如何协调这两点？印度学生在美国大学系统中占据外国学生人数的第二位。再次强调，仅次于加拿大。因此，这已经是一个得到解决的问题。蒙大拿州在美国拥有最高的人均光学和光子学公司及研究机构集中度，超过80家公司。
Of course, one recent concern about Indian companies and talent has revolved around moves by the Trump administration to restrict immigration to the US. How do you square the two? Indian students in our university system represent the second highest population of any foreign country. Again, second only to Canada. So this is a solved problem. Montana also has the highest per capita concentration of optics and photonics companies and research institutions in the US with over 80 companies.
因此，这个行业已经有40年的历史。因此，这里存在合作的机会。美国专利商标局最近从科罗拉多州丹佛搬到了蒙大拿州。蒙大拿州立大学去年单独就拥有近3亿美元的研究经费。我非常高兴访问了位于班加罗尔的印度科学院（IISc），结果发现负责蒙大拿州立大学光子学工作的那位先生正是IISc的毕业生。因此，这些桥梁早已建立。在这个过程中总会有一些小噪音，但这已经是一个得到解决的问题。
So there's 40 years in this particular industry. So there's an opportunity for collaboration. The US Patent Office recently moved from Denver, Colorado, to Montana. Montana State University alone had almost $300 million of research last year. I was really pleased to visit IISc there in Bangalore, and it turns out the gentleman who heads up our photonics work at Montana State University graduated from IISc. So again, these bridges have been built. There's always going to be a little noise around the process, but this is a solved problem.