Trade Policy Forum a chance for India, U.S. to align expectations: USIBC chief Nisha Biswal

It is a foundational meeting, not expecting major outcomes, she says

, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, talks about the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) next week, , the Biden administration’s trade priorities and more. Edited excerpts from an interview:

My own expectation based on conversations with both governments is that this is really a more foundational meeting — the first meeting between . It’s really about trying to re-establish some of the institutional and foundational processes like the Trade Policy Forum. And, so, I’m not expecting that there will be major outcomes that are announced.

But I do think that it’s an opportunity for both governments to align expectations, align approaches, and perhaps create a roadmap for where they want to go. So, whether they can, in the process of doing that, try to advance a few key outcomes — I think we would welcome that. We think that there are things that are ready for resolution that both governments and both countries have invested a fair amount of time and effort in trying to resolve. And I think that they should try to get a few of those things done.