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US is India preferred trade partner journey to be USD 5 economy: envoy

Bilateral trade is growing at 10 per cent on a year-to-year basis and reached USD 160 billion in 2019, he said."This makes me bullish about our relationship. The best is yet to come. Referring to his first stint in Washington DC as a young Indian diplomat in 1997, Sandhu said he always sensed the potential of the US-India partnership and wondered how it could move forward.

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PTI New DelhiPublished : Feb 08, 2020 13:29 IST Updated : Feb 08, 2020 14:56 IST

Bilateral trade is growing at 10 per cent on a year-to-year basis and reached USD 160 billion in 2019, he said."This makes me bullish about our relationship. The best is yet to come. When US capital and expertise meet the Indian market and Indian mind, we should aim for nothing less but the sky," Sandhu said in his address.Referring to his first stint in Washington DC as a young Indian diplomat in 1997, Sandhu said he always sensed the potential of the US-India partnership and wondered how it could move forward.