Washington, June 18: Pitching for increased economic
ties between India and America, US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton has called for "advanced" linkages similar to the
existing ones between "Manhattan and Mumbai or Boston and
Bangalore".
Speaking at the US-India Business Council`s Synergies
Summit here, Clinton also asserted that America would help in
contributing to the prosperity of the Indian economy.
Interestingly, the statement comes just weeks after
President Barack Obama`s anti-outsourcing pitch, asking
American companies to create more jobs in the US than foreign
countries.
Unveiling new proposed tax reforms, Obama had said, "It`s
a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you create
a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo,
New York."
Terming the blooming partnerships between the two
countries as "exciting", Clinton asserted that India`s growing
economic prowess is recognised the way, the law of gravity is
accepted by people.
"We need bilateral cooperation between our governments to
catch up with our people-to-people and economic ties.
"We need to make sure that the partnership between
Washington and New Delhi, our capitals, will be as advanced
and fruitful as the linkages that already exist between
Manhattan and Mumbai, or Boston and Bangalore," Clinton said
yesterday.
Bureau Report
