India's intellectual property rights regime and price control on innovative medical devices will come up for discussions during this week's India US Trade Policy Forum meeting. Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu will arrive in Washington tomorrow to attend the meeting with his American counterpart Wilbur Ross. This would be the first dialogue between the two countries on trade related issues under the Trump administration. Patrick Kilbride, vice president of the International Intellectual Property of the US Chambers of Commerce said both sides are expected to discuss a range of market access barriers, including in manufacturing and intellectual property rights, against the backdrop of a common goal to grow bilateral trade ties from the current USD 115 billion to USD 500 billion in the next five years.
News On AIR | October 26, 2017 12:07 AM
India, US to discuss market access barriers at TPF meeting