8th ministerial meeting of India-USA Economic & Financial Partnership Dialogue held in Washington DC

Washington: The eighth ministerial meeting of the India-USA Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue was held at Washington DC today. The meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the US Secretary of the Treasury, Dr. Janet Yellen.

During the meeting, discussions were held on a range of subjects, including the macroeconomic outlook and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, financial regulatory and technical collaboration,



multilateral engagement, climate finance and anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.

India and United States affirmed their commitments to continue collaboration both at bilateral and multilateral fora to address mutual and global economic issues and strive towards amicable strategies and solutions.

The meeting concluded with adoption of Joint Statement by both leaders.