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India, US pledge to stimulate global economic revival | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama on Tuesday took note of the new opportunities offered by their economies and their respective strengths, and their potential for future growth to catalyze global economic growth, and pledged to create conditions that would facilitate their continued expansion.
In a joint statement issued at the White House here after one-to-one and delegation-level
meetings, the two leaders also noted that the United States is currently the largest
trading partner of India in goods and services, and reiterated their pledge to
bolster and deepen cooperation on economic, trade and agricultural issues, including
working bilaterally and with multilateral trade organizations to foster increased
trade. Both leaders welcomed the potential for further expanding trade and investment
between their countries, including in sectors such as infrastructure, information
and communication technologies, healthcare services, education services, energy
and environmentally friendly technologies. As members of the G 20, they agreed
to advance the G 20 understandings including with regard to energy security and
resisting protectionism in all its forms. The two leaders agreed to facilitate
greater movement of professionals, investors and business travelers, students,
and exchange visitors between our two countries to enhance their economic and
technological partnership. They committed to strengthen and reform the global
economic and financial architecture in the G-20, World Bank and the IMF. They
resolved to seek an ambitious and balanced outcome of the Doha Round, consistent
with its mandate and reaffirmed their commitment to an open, fair, equitable,
transparent and rule-based multilateral trading system. The two leaders announced
their intention to develop a Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment.
This Framework is expected to foster an environment conducive to technological
innovation and collaboration, promote inclusive growth and job creation, and support
opportunities for increased trade and investment - including for small and medium-sized
enterprises. They agreed to launch the U.S.-India Financial and Economic Partnership
to strengthen engagement on economic, financial, and investment-related issues.
The two leaders welcomed the progress achieved in the discussions on a Bilateral
Investment Treaty and pledged to take further initiatives that would contribute
to creating a more conducive environment for investment flows. They recognized
the contribution of the business and industrial sectors of both countries in this
regard and called upon the India-U.S. CEOs Forum to identify new directions in
the India-U.S. economic relationship. |
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