US CG meets business leaders, others during Hyderabad visit

US Consul General Charles Goodman wrapped up a two-day stay in Hyderabad on September 2, according to Business Recorder. During the trip he held talks with business groups, provincial officials and past participants of American exchange programmes. The agenda also featured a showcase of American innovation and events marking 250 years since the country's founding.

Goodman met the Hyderabad chamber of commerce and the Sindh Abadgar Board to explore investment in the region's farming and industry, where minerals such as coal, marble and gypsum also play a part. He welcomed a fresh accord that simplifies fumigation rules for soybean shipments, a change he said helps the two countries. The talks also covered feed producers in the Hyderabad area who use systems from Siemens and Elanco.

At the National Incubation Centre he discussed demand for American AI and agritech tools with technology leaders, and he met alumni working in water, renewable energy and education. He opened the Founders Museum at Lincoln Corner, an exhibit that will move through Sindh's educational and cultural institutions until December. In closing he discussed irrigation, flood response and American investment with Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro, then toured Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Ltd.