<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">US Senator, Rob Portman has said, United States' trade with India was growing twice as fast as that with China. It sends a powerful message across the world that this bilateral relationship was deepening. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Rob Portman also called for removing trade and non-tariff barriers, which he felt was an impediment to growth of bilateral trade. The senator was speaking at the inaugural Annual Leadership Summit of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Portman asserted that the opportunity to grow this relationship is tremendous as India is world's sixth largest economy of the world. The senator said there is a tremendous interest and appetite in deepening relationship between two countries.</div>