New Delhi fully anticipates accelerated U.S.-India trade relations and considers the Indian American community a principal catalyst in making the U.S. India’s largest trading partner. India's economic development and trade relations with the U.S. are also of increasing interest and concern to the White House and the U.S. Congress.

On July 27, 2005, more than 90 corporations including Exxon, Time Warner, Boeing, Nokia, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Wal-Mart, Ford, Mitsubishi, Xerox, Hewlett Packard, Pfizer, etc. participated in the inaugural summit of the Congressional Task Force on US-India Investment and Trade Relations held by USIBA in conjunction with the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. The Congressional Task Force is made up of key lawmakers in the U.S. Congress responsible for increasing and accelerating U.S.-India trade.

Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Ranking Member of the International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Congressman Chris Cannon, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, serve as the co-chairs of the Task Force.

USIBA’s inaugural summit coincided with the launch of the CEO Forum, a high-level private sector exchange created by President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to improve the commercial climate between our two countries. As the CEO Forum focuses on furthering dialogue between the executive branches of government, USIBA in cooperation with the Task Force parallels the work of the Forum at the legislative level and broadens participation in the economic dialogue.

Acting as a support to the CEO Forum, which is limited to 10 top businesses from each country, USIBA is open to all vested stakeholders.

An independent business alliance, USIBA provides an extensive network of contacts in the political, legal and business arenas in the U.S. and in India.