Way to lock in US-India economic potential is through FTA: Ken Juster

Ambassador Juster also highlighted working towards new areas of collaboration, especially in the energy sector

A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the US can unlock the economic potential between the two countries battling the coronavirus pandemic, said Ken Juster,  America's ambassador to India, on Thursday.

"As India has come out of the lockdown period, India has made clear decision not to participate in a regional agreement with the Chinese and other countries in Asia. Some of that has been heightened by recent disputes on the border area and in my view to lock in economic potential is to do it a free trade agreement (FTA)," Juster told India Global Week 2020, a business summit held