When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.

I think the business community is smart enough to realise that just having a trade union is not enough. They are smart enough to know they need to be part of a union that has political and financial power.

We have no indication that the cartoon row has had a negative effect on trade and business there. The top executives in the region are highly educated and have close relations with their German counterparts. They are not affected by the conflict.

Florida stands to gain the most from open trade and business with Cuba. More companies have visited Cuba from Florida than from any other state.