Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal emphasised that innovation must be shared among WTO members in attempting to build a fair opportunity to build productive capacity, create employment, and participate meaningfully in global trade.
Goyal, who is attending the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon, also met several world leaders on the sidelines of the event, including US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. “Exchanged views on the WTOMC14 agenda, next steps in the India-US BTA negotiations and explored ways to further deepen our economic cooperation and bilateral trade ties,” Goyal said about his meeting with Greer.
He also met Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, and reviewed progress on the recently launched India-Canada CEPA negotiations, and explored ways to further strengthen our bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
During his meeting with Todd McClay, Minister for Trade and Investment of New Zealand, Goyal said both the leaders exchanged views on the progress of the MC14 agenda and reviewed ongoing work towards the signing of the recently concluded India-New Zealand FTA. “Also discussed avenues to further enhance bilateral trade and investment while strengthening cooperation across key sectors of mutual interest,” said Goyal.
He also met Omar Hejira, Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry and Trade, in charge of Foreign Trade, Kingdom of Morocco, and reaffirmed “our historical partnership and explored ways to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment cooperation”.
