US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and USAID head of climate change division, Kit Batten, are all coming here this week with several senior US delegates to participate in a US-India dialogue.
On Tuesday, the US-India Energy Security Coalition will be launched by Moniz.
On the other hand, Batten is expected to hold meetings with Indian leaders and industry heads and visit key sites.
During the visit, several memoranda of understanding and business deals are expected to be signed between India and the US.
However, the business environment between both sides has deteriorated like never before.
Off late, the US National Association of Manufacturers, in coalition with the American pharmaceutical lobby, has been pressurising the US government, especially the Office of US Trade Representative, to label India as a ‘Priority Foreign Country’, whose intellectual property and patent laws would be closely monitored as they are believed to be major violators.
The US alleges that India has violated the provisions of the Trade-Related
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