Kamal Nath to attend Indo-French Joint Committee meeting in France
30 May '06
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Shri Kamal Nath Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, left this morning on an official visit to France where he will co-chair the 14th Session of the Indo-French Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) along with the French Minister of Foreign Trade Ms. Christine Lagarde scheduled to be held in Paris tomorrow.
The Joint Committee is an important institutional mechanism for furthering trade and economic cooperation between India and France and the 14th Meeting is likely to identify fresh avenues for giving a boost to bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors.
Besides the Joint Committee Meeting, Shri Kamal Nath will meet Mr. Thierry Breton, the French Minister of Finance tomorrow and Mr. Dominique Bussereau, the French Minister for Agriculture, day after tomorrow in Paris.
Shri Kamal Nath, who is heading a 20-member high-powered delegation of Indian CEOs led by the FICCI President, Mr. Saroj Poddar, is also scheduled to participate in the Indo-French Business Meeting besides having individual meetings with French CEOs in Medef International on 1st June, 2006.
The Indian CEOS delegation is expected to raise several issues with the French authorities and business leaders, particularly India's concerns on market access and free movement of professionals and various administrative issues.
For instance, Indian exporters in some sectors especially textiles and chemicals face high tariffs and non-tariff barriers in France while lack of information on market access regulations and testing requirements in France hinder Indian exports especially of processed food items. Similarly, there is the issue of high cost of registration and approvals for supplies into France.
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