♤ There are several dialogue mechanisms to strengthen bilateral engagement on economic and trade issues, including a Ministerial level Economic and Financial Partnership.

♤ For greater involvement of private sector in discussion on issues involving trade and investment, there is a bilateral India-U.S. CEO's Forum.

♤ India and the US have set up a bilateral Investment Initiative in 2014. Special focus on facilitating FDI, portfolio investment, capital market development and financing of infrastructure.

♤ U.S.-India Infrastructure Collaboration Platform has also been set up to deploy cutting edge U.S technologies to meet India’s infrastructure needs. U.S. firms will be lead partners in developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Vishakhapatnam as Smart Cities.