Business circles of Uzbekistan and the USA sign documents for US$2.6 billion

The Uzbek-American business forum was held within the framework of the visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the United States.

The State Committee of Uzbekistan for Investments and the American-Uzbek Chamber of Commerce organized the event, which was attended by over 100 representatives of leading US companies took part.

Among the participants were top-managers of such companies as General Electric, Honeywell, ExxonMobil, CNH Industrial, John Deere, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Caterpillar, Citi Group, Visa and others.

The forum participants discussed issues of strengthening bilateral economic cooperation, creating a favorable investment climate in Uzbekistan, as well as implementing joint projects and programs in the field of industry, infrastructure development, tourism, science and education.

Participants of the business forum discussed specific investment and trade projects of mutual interest, agreed on joint activities for their practical implementation.

After the talks, representatives of Uzbekistan and the US signed documents worth US$2.6 billion. Documents were signed with such companies as General Electric, Honeywell, CNH Industrial, John Deere, Caterpillar, OSI Systems, Lutron, Boeing and others.

The parties intend to implement promising projects in oil and gas and petrochemical sectors, electrotechnical, machine building, electrical engineering, etc.