NASSCOM, Premji Buy Off Clinton - Again

NASSCOM and Wipro must have really written her a big check...

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Secretary of State acknowledges concerns about lost jobs, falling wages in the U.S., but doesn't explore the merits.

Computerworld - WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for a "dramatic expansion" in relations with India and offered what were mostly hints about the role of the H-1B visa program.

Clinton, speaking before the U.S.-India Business Council and an audience that included representatives from offshore outsourcing companies, described her plans for a new relationship with India in the same terms that would be heard in a course on technology marketing 101.

The U.S.-India relationship needs an "upgrade," Clinton said. She dubbed this new version of their relationship "U.S.-India 3.0" saying finally, "I want to put us in the solutions business."

Clinton appeared to lend indirect support to arguments raised by India's IT outsourcers that visa restrictions are a form of protectionism.

"Some Americans fear that greater prosperity and partnership with India will mean lost jobs and falling wages here in the United States," Clinton said.

Clinton didn't address the merits of the lost jobs/falling wages argument but, instead, urged both sides to "work through any issues in our relationships and differences in our perspectives by focusing on shared objectives and concrete results."

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Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, one of the speakers at the event, said the India IT industry is "extremely concerned" about the Grassley/Durbin bill. He warned that the repercussions of trade protectionism will be disastrous.

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