New Delhi – The Italian Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, met today with Nirmala Sitharaman, the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India. At the center of the meeting, the trade policy and economic cooperation between the two countries. “The two ministers have expressed the will to continue working together for an ever-growing development of bilateral cooperation. Sitharaman has highlighted the growing interest of Indian companies towards Italy as a target for investment and the attention to develop new partnerships also for small and medium-sized enterprises “. Both have also hoped that it could soon be provided a “new impetus to the negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, began already in 2007, which would allow a significant reduction in tariff and non-tariff barriers”. (9colonne)
