New Delhi: India and the US will discuss bilateral trade and economic concerns “in the spirit of partnership” and expand commercial dialogue.
This was stated in a joint statement on the Fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry “resolved to discuss bilateral trade and economic concerns in a spirit of partnership, including at the Ministerial Trade Policy Forum in India that both governments hope to convene in Fall 2014, focusing on key trade and investment issues,” the statement said.
The Trade Policy Forum has not met since 2010.
The two sides, it added, plan to expand the commercial dialogue.
“They also agreed that India would host the next round of the High Technology Cooperation Group on mutually convenient dates this year,” the statement added.
India-US bilateral trade was worth USD 61.4 billion in 2013-14. (PTI)
