Date:04/04/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/04/04/stories/2005040401760500.htm

Back Indo-German trade meet begins today

Our Bureau

New Delhi , April 3

THE 15th session of the Indo-German Joint Commission on Industrial and Economic Cooperation will begin here on Monday.

The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, will lead the Indian delegation at the two-day meet. The German Federal Minister of Economics and Labour, Mr Wolfgang Clement, will lead the German delegation. The joint commission meets alternately in India and Germany. It deals with economic ties between the two countries, with a focus on trade balance, trade promotion, investment issues, technological collaboration and policy issues.