Meetings with CEOs, officials lined up for Goyal’s 3-day visit to US

He will attend the 13th Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting in Washington DC on January 11, 2023.

Update: 2023-01-09 04:56 GMT
Piyush Goyal

NEW DELHI: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will be on a official visit to New York and Washington DC from January 9-11 to participate in India - US Trade Policy Forum, an official statement said on Sunday.

In the first leg of visit, the minister will interact with CEOs of reputed multinational enterprises, participate in community event, join roundtable meetings with business leaders and think tank and visit industries in New York.

He will attend the 13th Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting in Washington DC on January 11, 2023.

Before delegation level talks he will also hold one to one meeting with USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai.

The 12th TPF Ministerial meeting was held on November 23, 2021 after a gap of four years in New Delhi. Working groups were re-activated after the last ministerial.

TPF is a platform for continuous engagement between two countries in the area of trade and to further the trade and investment relations between the two countries.

The TPF is chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister from Indian side and USTR from the US side.

In Washington DC, Goyal will also have bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. There will also be interaction with some captains of Industry. “Both India and USA are natural partners and have trade complementarities, long standing strategic and economic relationship, people to people contact, and both are vibrant democracies too. The two countries are also collaborating under the QUAD, I2U2 (India-Israel/ UAE-USA) and IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework). Regular exchanges at the leadership-level have been an integral element of the expanding bilateral engagement,” the statement added.

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