Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb in India to negotiate on trade talks
The Dollar Business Bureau In order to boost the commercial trade ties with India, Australian Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb has arrived in India yesterday for a three day visit. The minister will also will also attend the Australia-India CEO Forum at the invitation of the co-chairs, Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh and the Chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani. Andrew Robb will also discuss progress of the ongoing negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), which both countries aim to ink this year. As per reports, the eighth round of negotiations is set to take place in New Delhi in July. “Both the countries have agreed to work towards concluding the CECA in 2015 to increase trade ...
Australia hopeful of a trade and investment agreement with India by year-end
The Dollar Business Bureau “Australia is looking to conclude a bilateral economic trade and investment agreement by the end of this year with focus being Services, including education and training,” said Andrew Robb, Minister for Trade and Investment, Australia. The Minister in one of his columns in an Australian news outfit ‘The Australian’, said, “India is our top VET (Vocational Education and Training) market, having grown 27 per cent in the past year alone, and the demand across the next decade will be phenomenal. As part of his inspiring economic transformation plan, India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has set his country the task of skilling and training 500 million Indians by 2022.” “Early this year, I led a 450- ...
