US Companies Keen On Engaging With The New Indian Govt
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America Inc, the US counterpart of Indian corporate, expects the new Modi government to deliver and make India an investment-friendly economy. According to an assessment done by “While the Obama Administration seems to be really hopeful of taking the US relationship to the next scale, such a thinking is feeding into
One of the findings of the paper was also that the US policy-makers and business leaders want to actively engage with India’s transformation into business-friendly economy even though the Indo-US trade and investment ties have several issues that needs to be addressed first.
“Yes, there are issues like bilateral investment treaty, intellectual property rights, wanting India to open its retail sector for the foreign direct investment and India’s tough position in the WTO talks on the issue of farmers’ security vis-à-vis the trade facilitation, the American corporations see big opportunity in the Indian economy ready to tread fast once again,” said the paper based on the inputs gathered from America Inc.
The paper also suggested that the US corporate leaders believes that being the single-largest party in the Parliament, the BJP government has an advantage over the previous governments, and hence expects to deliver results.
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“While there is some amount of restlessness, the America Inc and others are willing to give good amount of time to the Modi Government since there an appreciation that India cannot be expected to function like China as the democratic values require debates among stakeholders. Besides, there is a federal structure which requires continuous engagement with states, some of which have very powerful political leaders like in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal”, disclosed the paper.
The US investors have shown keen interest in sectors such as defence following an increase in the FDI limit to 49% and well-integrated infrastructural development. The paper also stated investors also seek easing of policies in sectors such as education.
Commenting on the importance of the Indo-US relationship, Rana Kapoor, President of ASSOCHAM, said, “India’s new leadership is gaining respect among major powers of the world both in the neighbourhood and far-off. The kind of enthusiasm and expectations seen inside the US about Mr Modi’s visit is rarely seen”.
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