The Indian government will discuss the issue of growing protectionist policies of the US government in the next bilateral trade meeting later this month. “We are going to meet US authorities later this month on the issue bilateral trade. We will raise issues like hike in visa fee, along with the ban on outsourcing, in the upcoming meeting with US government,” commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said here today.
Referring to the issue of the recent visa row, he said Indian IT professionals were going to various countries, including the US, as part of the WTO regulations that allows free movement of professionals up to a certain number.