THE
Union Minister of Commerce Industry and Textiles, Mr Anand Sharma, has indicated
that the India-US Bilateral Investment Treaty discussions were nearly complete
and he would shortly meet USTR Ron Kirk to discuss other issues related to
trade and commerce under the Trade Policy Forum mechanism. The Indian Minister
is leading a high level industry delegation of Indian CEOs to the US-India
Economic Opportunity & Synergies Summit, organized by Federation of Indian
Chamber of Commerce (FICCI) and the Executives’ Club of Chicago at Chicago.
Mr
Sharma also had a bilateral meeting with Mr. Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago
who has been a former Congressman and Chief of Staff to President Barack
Obama. The Mayor thanked the Minister for his visit and indicating his
desire to invigorate and strengthen economic ties with India, announced
his intention to lead the first trade mission of his tenure to India.
Commerce & Industry Minister
welcomed the visit and extended his personal invitation as well as reciprocated
by announcing a repeat trade mission to Chicago in 2012.
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