New Delhi, June 16 (KNN) Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu, during his recent visit to USA, held talks on bilateral trade and commercial relations between the two countries and focused on finding the way forward to address concerns of both sides to result in a win-win situation.

A delegation was led by the Commerce Minister for meetings with his US interlocutors.

During the visit, he held series of discussions with key officials including the US Trade Representative, Robert E. Lighthizer, Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur L. Ross and Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue.

The Minister also had a joint meeting with the India Caucus Co-chairs Senator Mark Robert Warner and Senator John Cornyn.

Both the sides agreed for high level official talks at an early date to discuss various issues of interest to both sides and carry forward the discussions in a positive, constructive and result oriented manner.

During the visit, Commerce Minister also interacted with the business community and addressed industry leaders in meetings organized by US-India Business Council (USIBC) and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).

The Minister informed the industry leaders about the aggressive economic reforms undertaken by India such as GST, Make-in-India, Startup India and ‘Fund of Funds for Startups’ (FFS), Digital India programme, e-commerce, promoting innovation and entrepreneurship and how they have made the business climate much easier in India.