India and Qatar have agreed to intensify their economic engagement with a shared goal of doubling bilateral trade by 2030, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said during his two-day visit to Doha. The discussions, reported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, took place as Goyal co-chaired the India–Qatar Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial Cooperation with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani.
Stronger trade and investment cooperation
Both ministers reviewed the current state of bilateral trade, valued at around $14 billion and agreed there was considerable room for growth. They discussed ways to remove existing trade barriers, improve market access and expand cooperation in areas such as finance, agriculture, healthcare, technol