Over the years, and following the general elections in 2019, the partnership between the United States and India has gone from strength to strength. U.S.-India bilateral trade surged to more than $142 billion in 2018, up 12.7 percent from $126 billion in 2017, according to a report from the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). In a significant development, India became the 37th country to be accorded the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status by the United States. This has paved the way for greater collaboration and high-technology product sales to New Delhi, particularly in the civil space and defense sectors.