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Absence of BIT with India an impediment to expand trade: US

19 Feb 2016 Evaluate

Showing disappointment, US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma has said that the absence of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and US is an 'impediment' to expanding trade and investment between the countries. He said “It is about tax certainty, tax fairness, it is about reducing regulatory burden, it is about ensuring there is adequate infrastructure, power it is also about law, it is about legal service about access to courts it is about embracing international arbitration”.

Besides, he said that there has been 'significant progress' in the ease of doing business scenario in India. The ease of doing business is a catch all term that incorporates a lot of different concepts. He has also urged the government to permit US law firms and lawyers to set up base in India, calling for 'reciprocity' saying there was no citizenship requirement for Indian lawyers who wish to establish offices in the US.

Earlier this month, the Barack Obama administration expressed its concern that the proposed India-US Bilateral Investment Treaty is not ambitious enough to attract American investors to India and would rather preferred an agreement similar to the ones India has signed with Japan and South Korea. It felt that current form of agreement does not provide robust market access and said that Indian government has to make attractive offers for concluding the BIT as the Obama administration has entered its last leg.


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