Arun Jaitley also raised concerns on proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty
Finance minister Arun Jaitley
Washington: Finance minister Arun Jaitley met top US officials here and raised India’s concerns over key bilateral issues, including totalisation agreement and the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty. In a series of meetings with US treasury secretary Jack Lew, commerce secretary Penny Pritzker and US Trade Representative Mike Froman, Mr Jaitley discussed bilateral issues of mutual interests and concerns.
The finance minister, who is on a nine-day US tour and is currently is in Washington also flagged off some of the important issues for India, including the totalisation agreement. The agreement aims to protect interests of professionals of Indian-origin who contribute more than $1 billion each year to the US social security.
( Source : PTI )
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