At the invitation of the United States Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, is set to visit the United States from September 30 to October 3, 2024. The visit aims to strengthen economic ties between the two nations and explore avenues for mutual trade and investment growth.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal during his valedictory speech at the 2nd edition of Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS) said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s efforts in developing Uttar Pradesh will help the state reach US$ 1 trillion economy in the first phase. 

Amid a slowdown in India's goods exports, the government has decided to continue with a crucial remission benefits scheme for exporters that was due to lapse on September 30.

Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan express interest to join International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to trade with India as the viable route to the Indian Ocean Region ahead of the BRICS Summit in Kazan that would among other matters lay emphasis on inclusive connectivity corridors.

India and Egypt have identified international trade settlement and digital payments, trade and investment in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCEZ), and transport and trade disputes as areas of focus, the government said Thursday after the sixth Session of India-Egypt Joint Trade Committee (JTC).

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will soon sign memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the University of Melbourne and the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture in Australia to adopt various modern technologies and promote advanced research, said minister for agriculture and farmers’ welfare M R K Panneerselvam on Thursday. He was speaking at the inauguration of the state-level Mega Farmers’ Day and exhibition at TNAU in Coimbatore.

Trade ministers of India and Australia held parleys on Wednesday to assess the progress on negotiations towards a full-fledged free trade deal, about 20 months since an early harvest bilateral pact called the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) came into effect.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar highlighted India’s views on reform of the UN and its subsidiary bodies; reform of the International Financial Architecture and reform of the Multilateral Trading System, in his address at the Second G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Brazilian Presidency in New York on Wednesday.