Piyush Goyal meets Italy's Deputy PM Antonio Tajani
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in New Delhi on 11 April 2025 to discuss trade and investment under the India–Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029.
Summary
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, on 11 April 2025. They discussed trade and investment cooperation under the Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029, agreed by the Prime Ministers of the two countries in November 2024. India–Italy trade was about US$15 billion in 2023-24, and Italian FDI into India has been about US$4 billion since 2000. Tajani also called on President Droupadi Murmu on 12 April.
Key facts
- Meeting
- Piyush Goyal and Antonio Tajani, 11 April 2025
- Framework
- Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 (agreed Nov 2024)
- Bilateral trade 2023-24
- about US$15 billion
- Italian FDI since 2000
- about US$4 billion
Practice MCQs 1 questions
India and Italy are pursuing cooperation under a Joint Strategic Action Plan covering which period?
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Correct answer: C — 2025-2029
2025-2029: the plan was agreed by the two Prime Ministers in November 2024.