SME Times News Bureau | 16 Jan, 2020
The Commerce Secretary level
meeting between India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi on 15-16 January
2020.
The Indian delegation was led
by Commerce Secretary, Government of India, Anup Wadhawan and the Bangladesh
delegation was led by Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of
Bangladesh, Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin.
Both sides held extensive
discussions on a variety of issues of mutual interest, like Border Haats, joint
study for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement,
India-Bangladesh CEOs’ Forum, sharing of trade data, regional connectivity
initiatives, harmonization of standards, upgradation of border trading
infrastructure and facilitation of business visas.
The meeting was preceded by
the 12th meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Trade,
at the level of Additional Secretaries of the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, India and Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh on 13-14 January 2020 in
New Delhi.
Technical discussions were
held in detail on various areas of mutual interest in trade and commerce.
It was agreed that the next
meetings of the Commerce Secretaries and the JWG will be held in Bangladesh, at
mutually convenient dates.