Obama's India Visit Helped Boost Bilateral Ties: White House

"The President did have the opportunity to discuss some of these economic issues and our trade relationship with India in the context of his visit to India just last month. The president spent a lot of time with Prime Minister Modi. They spent a lot of time talking about some of these economic issues," Earnest said.

There was a CEO summit in the context of those meetings, and that there were American and Indian business leaders that spent some time talking through some of these issues, he said.

"The President himself had the opportunity to sit down at a round table with a couple dozen of them and talk about some of the challenges that they face as they try to do more business together in a way that benefits the economies and job creation in both countries," he added.

Barack Obama arrived on a three-day visit to India on January 24. In his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two leaders decided to resume talks on bilateral investment treaty.
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