He said the country could become a major player in agriculture exports. India has high-paying jobs, and like the U.S., it is a service-driven economy. India heavily promotes education, degrees earned in the U.S. are highly prized and several American universities have created Indian campuses, Reynolds said.

India's own primary education system is slowly improving, as well as encouragement for entrepreneurs.

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China, India facts

• More Chinese people are learning or speaking English than Americans — roughly 340 million

• More than 40 million Chinese men can't find women to marry — there aren't any

• If China sustains its current growth rate, in three years it will have the world's highest GDP

• China's biggest economic concern is intellectual property rights

• In India, $150 per month is above the poverty level

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