India-US trade push: Piyush Goyal urges firms to use facilitation portal

Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday urged companies and exporters in India and the US to actively use the India-US trade facilitation portal to strengthen bilateral trade, PTI reported. “I urge all members of industry bodies, Export Promotion Councils, and chambers from across India and the US to connect, make this portal part of your business and help turn it into a powerful engine for India-US trade,” Goyal mentioned in a video message on the launch. He mentioned the portal will act as a “runway” for home providers exporters to enter the US market, providing alternatives throughout sectors — from farmers in Punjab and jewellers in Surat to software program professionals in Bengaluru and pharma firms in Telangana. Goyal added that India-US bilateral trade is steadily shifting in the direction of the formidable $500 billion goal set by each nations. The India-US trade facilitation portal was launched by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri throughout his three-day go to to the US at a digital occasion attended by India’s Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra, together with officers and trade representatives from either side.