Prior to the U.S. visit, a CEOs interaction was organized with Mr. Vijay Gokhale, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs to update him on the U.S.-India economic partnership on March 13th, 2018. He was briefed on the current scenario and the challenges faced by U.S. industry across sectors. Defence was particularly highlighted due to the forthcoming 2+2 Dialogue to be held in Washington D.C. in April.

He was accompanied by Mr. Munu Mahawar, Joint Secretary (Americas) and Dr. Rajesh Ranjan, Director (Americas). The Foreign Secretary thanked AMCHAM for arranging the interaction and suggested that this should be a regular feature to keep him apprised on developments. He offered to take up various issues raised by AMCHAM with the concerned Ministries.