The Senate has unanimously confirmed three Indian American to key government positions, including one as the administration’s czar on intellectual property — an area of sharp differences between the U.S. and India. The Senate confirmed Neil Chaterjee as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Vishal Amin as Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Coordinator in the Trump administration.

Krishna Urs was confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru. Mr. Urs is the second Indian American, after Nikki Haley, to have been selected for an ambassadorial position by the administration.

The U.S. has retained India on its priority watch list this year for “lack of improvement” in the intellectual property (IP) framework. Mr. Amin is currently the senior counsel on the House Judiciary Committee.