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The India-UK Joint Economic & Trade Committee (JETCO) will be launched here tomorrow with the signing of the Agreement on JETCO by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, on behalf of Government of India and Ms. Patricia Hewitt, UK Secretary of State for Trade & Industry.
The signing will be followed by the First Meeting of the JETCO which will be co-chaired by Shri Kamal Nath from the Indian side along with Ms. Patricia Hewitt and their respective official and business delegations.
The agenda will include an overview of recent developments in Indo-UK trade and economic relations covering significant trends and developments in bilateral trade and investments including also prospects of the Doha Development Agenda. Ms. Hewitt is also scheduled to have separate bilateral discussions with Shri Kamal Nath on 13th January.
JETCO was announced in the Joint Declaration signed on 20th September, 2004 by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the UK Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair to strengthen and deepen bilateral relationship between the two countries.
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