new delhi india inc on sunday hailed the victory of joe biden in the us presidential election while hoping for enhanced ties and cooperation between india and the united states especially in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemiccongratulating presidentelect biden and vice presidentelect kamala harris cii president uday kotak said with rising trade and investment ties between the two countries the health of our economies are inextricably linked and we must work together during this critical time to reinvigorate the bilateral economic agenda facilitating economic growth enhancing job creation supporting small business and enabling cooperation in investmentrelated movement of professionalswith the election of biden as president and harris as vice president he said we are looking forward to engaging with the administrations leadership to promote postpandemic economic stability business collaboration our shared democratic values and increased peopletopeople ties that have defined the special indiaus relationshipassocham secretary general deepak sood said under the bidenharris leadership the indous economic ties would go from strength to strength getting deeper into areas of advanced scientific research and development business to business cooperation in strategic areashe expressed confidence that prime minister narendra modi and biden would chalk out great cooperation in dealing with the coronavirus pandemicthe vaccine development manufacture and distribution would require immense global cooperation india and the us would surely be leading such cooperation sood said while also applauding harris feat of becoming the first woman vicepresident of the us saying you have been so gracious in hailing your indian roots and valuesphd chamber of commerce and industry president sanjay aggarwal said india and the us the worlds largest democracies have always shared strong social cultural and economic tieswe strongly believe that indiaus partnership will be the defining relationship of the 21st century we look forward to a continued strengthened bilateral trade and investment growth trajectory and defence cooperation between the two nationsfor mahindra group chairman anand mahindra the us election was also about lessons on leadershipin a tweet he said the lessons from the us election are leadership is about policy and personality and leaders will be judged by what they say not just what they do leaders must ultimately represent everyone not just those who voted for them and leaders with decency and values havent gone out of fashioncii director general chandrajit banerjee said cii looks forward to once again collaborating with president biden and his incoming administrationprior to the economic disruption caused by covid19 bilateral trade in goods and services in 2019 reached a peak of nearly 150 billion and cii hopes this will continue to rise in the years to come he addedwe can aim higher to our shared goal of 500 billion through a new era of revitalised economic cooperation which would be comprehensive complementary and collaborative banerjee saidthe key sectors to watch for enhanced business cooperation will be energy and the green economy defence and manufacturing especially providing a boost to small business cooperation as well as pharmaceuticals and healthcare all driven by india and