First Ministerial meeting of India-EU Trade and Technology Council to be held in Belgium on May 16

The first Ministerial meeting of India- European Union Trade and Technology Council will take place at Brussels in Belgium on the 16th of May. Commerce and Industry Ministry Piyush Goyal is one of the co-chairs along with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar. 

The EU side is co-chaired by Executive Vice Presidents Mr. Dombrovskis and Ms. Vestager. The formation of the Trade and Technology Council was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen in New Delhi last year.

Tomorrow, Mr Goyal will have a bilateral meeting with Mr Dombrovskis



followed by Working Group-3 Stakeholder consultations in the presence of business leaders from both the EU and India. The WG3 meeting focuses on Trade, Technology and Resilient supply chains and would have six business leaders from the EU and India. 

In the afternoon, the Minister will attend a business event organised by the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium and deliver the keynote address. This meeting would involve a discussion over the economic footprint of Belgium enterprises in India along with further plans of investments in India. Besides, the three Indian Ministers would also call on the Belgian Prime Minister as well as the President of the European Commission.