The India-US relationship has never been better, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said, asserting that ties between the two strategic partners are not just “addictive” but also “multiplicative”. Garcetti made the remarks on Monday at an event on the sidelines of the SelectUSA Investment Summit, to which the largest delegation is from India.

“This (India-US) is a relationship that isn’t just additive. It’s not just the US plus India. It’s
multiplicative. It’s the United States times India,” Garcetti said at the meeting held in the suburbs of Washington.

Garcetti underlined that the relationship between India and the US has never been better.
“We’ve never had a closer relationship with India. Americans of Indian descent are now about 1.5 percent of our population. And pay six percent of the taxes in America. It is the most successful immigrant community in America,” he said

Garcetti spoke at the event in which India’s JSW Steel announced its plans to invest $140 million in Baytown, Texas. “Now, Americans are getting more and more familiar with Indian brands and Indian companies.

Together we’re investing in third countries, infrastructure, energy, climate solutions, empowering tomorrow’s prosperity,” Garcetti said as he announced investment from JW Steel.