First meeting of India-EU trade, technology Council at Brussels

First meeting of India-EU trade, technology Council at Brussels

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Category : International Published on: May 18 2023

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  • The first ministerial-level meeting of the India-European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was held in Brussels, Belgium.
  • Objective – To increase cooperation in strategic technologies, digital connectivity, clean energy, trade, and investments.
  • Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal co-chaired the meeting along with EAM S Jaishankar and MoS, Electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
  • The EU side is co-chaired by Executive Vice Presidents (EVPs) Dombrovskis and Vestager.
  • The first ministerial meeting will lay the roadmap for the cooperation under all three working groups and provide direction to achieve desired outcomes before the next ministerial meeting in the coming year.
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