SME Times News Bureau | 13 Feb, 2018
India and Bangladesh hold a commerce secretary level bilateral
talks in February 7-8, at Dhaka, the government said in a statement.
The
Indian delegation was led by Rita Teaotia, Commerce Secretary and the
Bangladesh delegation was headed by Shubhashish Bose, Secretary,
Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh.
The
two sides held extensive and productive discussions on a variety of
issues concerning bilateral trade and economic relations, including
development and up-gradation of infrastructure at border trading
points, further expansion of the Border Haats of the two countries,
identification and resolution of non-tariff issues affecting
bilateral trade, regional connectivity under BBIN MVA and ease of
investment.
Both
sides agreed to explore the possibilities to further enhance
bilateral trade relations and cooperation in fields such as export
promotion and capacity building on trade related matters.
Commerce
secretaries of both sides also discussed the of establishment of an
institutional B2B mechanism to provide policy level inputs on trade
and investment.
The
next bilateral meeting will be held in New Delhi.