USIBC urges India, US to strengthen partnership

February 13, 2014 09:11

The US India Business Council has urged New Delhi and America to take steps to strengthen the bilateral trade relationship to realise their "true business potential".

During his testimony before the US International Trade Commission on Trade, Investment, and Industrial Policies in India: Effects on the US Economy, USIBC President Ron Somers will call on both countries to overcome challenges and strengthen their partnership, a media release said.

"This will pave the way for the world's two largest free-market democracies to shape the destiny of the 21st century -- for the better," Somers said in his prepared testimony, according to the release.

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