Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has urged the Indian diaspora in Chicago to deepen trade and investment ties with India. He addressed the community on October 3. Goyal spoke at an event organised by the US Indian Community Foundation.

He praised the diaspora's role in the United States. He called Indian talent a bridge between the two countries. He highlighted India's data centre boom.

He said the country had received nearly $200 billion in investment commitments for data centres. He pitched India's low-cost infrastructure to American firms. Goyal also met hotel and store owners' groups.

He asked them to partner with India on trade and entrepreneurship. The minister was in the US for the G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee. He said ministers discussed curbing overcapacity and unfair trade practices.

Goyal also paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the Skokie memorial on October 3. He visited the Art Institute of Chicago too. He told the diaspora that India is watching their back.

He cited India's evacuations from Yemen and Ukraine as examples.