New Delhi, Dec 3: Problems related to ease of doing business such as taxation, regulatory burdens and legal issues can deter American investors from investing in India, US Ambassador Richard Verma said on Thursday even as he hoped that the USD 500 billion bilateral trade target would be achieved.
“On the trade and investment front, we have been taking up the ease of doing business factors that sometimes can deter the US companies and investors such as tax and legal certainty and easing regulatory burdens.
“I think we are making progress in that regard and it’s not just US companies that are voicing those concerns, it is also Indian companies who are coming together and voicing similar concerns,” Verma said at an Observer Research Foundation (ORF) function.
He said in the last Trade Policy Forum meeting, both sides discussed in detail the trade relationships with the goal of continuing to break down trade barriers and laying the foundation for reaching the trade target of USD 500 billion.
In 2005, the two-way trade between the countries was about USD 35 billion, which exceeded to USD 105 billion last year.
Verma said the trade figures and other numbers are the evidences which clearly reflect the increasing economies ties between the two countries.
