NEW DELHI – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss U.S.-India relations and opportunities for further economic cooperation. The Secretary underscored the importance of the U.S.-India bilateral relationship to the Biden Administration and the Department, including ongoing collaboration and potential for closer commercial ties through the U.S.-India CEO Forum (CEO Forum) and the U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue, which she is co-hosting with Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal tomorrow. Secretary Raimondo and Minister Jaishankar agreed to launch the U.S.-India Strategic Trade dialogue to address export controls, explore ways of enhancing high technology commerce, and facilitate technology transfer between countries. The Secretary thanked the Minister for India’s continued support on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), and raised the importance of the Framework to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States, India, and the other IPEF partners.
Originally posted at https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2023/03/readout-secretary-raimondos-meeting-indian-minister-external-affairs
