Trump keen on taking forward India-US relations
The Dollar Business Bureau US President Donald Trump’s views of Indo-US relationship is very positive and is keen to take the bilateral relationship forward, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, after he met the senior cabinet officials of the US government. Speaking with the Indian reporters on the margins of the India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, which was started during the ex-President Barack Obama-led administration, Jaishankar said: "Optimistic" about the continuation of the upward trajectory of the bilateral relationship. Overall, (the) sense was that the Administration has a very positive view of the relationship, positive view of India. We saw a lot of goodwill and a lot of interest in taking the relationship forward.” The two countries are currently working on the nitty-gritty ...
'Improve ease of doing business for more US investments'
If domestic barrier are thrown out, the US and India can achieve their bilateral trade target of $500 billion by 2025. Deepak Kumar | The Dollar Business As barriers to market entry come down, India will see a number of American companies and investors, says US envoy India must reduce trade barriers and improve ease of doing business to compete with other countries, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma said on Thursday, adding that an invitation is not enough to attract American investors. Speaking at an interactive session organsied by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) in New Delhi, the US Ambassador said, The (FDI) numbers are getting better but they are not what they should be. He, however, expressed confidence that ...
