Nirmala Sitharaman Piyush Goyal Rajesh Agrawal set for 6-country tour
India's top economic leaders are hitting the road, visiting six countries (US Canada, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile) to boost trade and build stronger partnerships.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, and Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal are set to visit six countries as part of India's push to connect more deeply with the world's economies.
Sitharaman Goyal Agrawal on trade-focused tour
Sitharaman heads to Canada for talks about investment and sustainable growth with her counterpart on August 26-27.
Then she'll join the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors (FMCBG) meeting in Asheville, North Carolina (August 31-September 1) and meet US officials and investors.
Meanwhile, Goyal is in Japan with India's biggest-ever business delegation to explore new opportunities after Japan set an investment target of 10 trillion yen (about ₹60,000 cr) in India last year over a decade.
Agrawal is off to Argentina, Chile, and Brazil aiming for fresh trade deals and closer ties with Latin America, especially through the MERCOSUR bloc.