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Raise trade issues with Modi: US body to Obama
A US business advocacy group on Thursday said that concrete action is needed to remove longstanding Indian trade and investment barriers even as it appealed to President Barack Obama to take up the issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here next week.
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Washington: A US business advocacy group on Thursday said that concrete action is needed to remove longstanding Indian trade and investment barriers even as it appealed to President Barack Obama to take up the issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here next week.
"Prime Minister Modi has declared India 'open for business'. But to reboot a troubled and underperforming bilateral commercial relationship, he must translate promising rhetoric into real results," said Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) co-chair Linda Dempsey. "Manufacturers remain hopeful positive progress can be achieved. We will be watching for outcomes that can put US- India trade and investment ties on a positive track and establish the foundation for a balanced and mutually beneficial partnership," Dempsey said after AFTI sent a letter to Obama urging action on the issues it raised. Meanwhile, Indian Americans have been queuing up to buy the tickets for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at Madison Square Garden on September 28, which will be one of the highlights of his five-day bilateral visit to US. Organizers say that due to the tremendous demand for tickets they had to restrict almost 450 associations that became 'welcoming partners'.
"We had tremendous demands for the tickets, we knew this will be overwhelming and it is still continuing. We have to restrict almost 450 associations from the country that became welcoming partners. Almost 15,000 free tickets have been distributed through the associations as well as individuals by lottery," said Bharat Barai, president of the Indian-American Community Foundation and chief organiser of the Madison Square Garden event. Modi and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif will not hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this week, but an "informal handshake" is not ruled out, top source said.
