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Myanmar to streamline trade and investment with India
Yangon, July 20: Myanmar and India have signed an agreement to streamline trade and investment, taking a new step to strengthen their increasingly significant economic ties, the Myanmar Times said.
Yangon, July 20: Myanmar and India have signed an agreement to streamline trade and investment, taking a new step to strengthen their increasingly significant economic ties, the Myanmar Times said.
The agreement was signed by Union minister for commerce and industry Arun Jaitley and his Myanmar counterpart Brigadier-General Pyi Sone in Yangon on July 15, the semi-official weekly said in its edition to be published today.
Under the deal, India will give technical and financial assistance to Myanmar to make value-added products for the Indian market, commerce ministry official Tint Thwin said.
"Both sides need to eliminate or relax non-tariff barriers such as quotas," he said, adding the two sides were planning to establish a banking system to provide for easier transactions.
They would also address trade-related issues, such as the need to improve transport links, he told the newspaper.
Jaitley, who led a seven-member delegation attending the first meeting of the India-Myanmar joint trade committee, said India placed a high priority on expanding economic ties with Myanmar.
India was hoping to double bilateral trade to 1.0 billion dollars by 2006, he said. In the decade to 2001-2002, the value of total direct trade between the two countries increased by 500 per cent, to 428 million dollars.
Jaitley said Myanmar's natural resources and India's globally-competitive technology were valuable assets that could contribute to the prosperity of both countries.
Bureau Report
Under the deal, India will give technical and financial assistance to Myanmar to make value-added products for the Indian market, commerce ministry official Tint Thwin said.
"Both sides need to eliminate or relax non-tariff barriers such as quotas," he said, adding the two sides were planning to establish a banking system to provide for easier transactions.
They would also address trade-related issues, such as the need to improve transport links, he told the newspaper.
Jaitley, who led a seven-member delegation attending the first meeting of the India-Myanmar joint trade committee, said India placed a high priority on expanding economic ties with Myanmar.
India was hoping to double bilateral trade to 1.0 billion dollars by 2006, he said. In the decade to 2001-2002, the value of total direct trade between the two countries increased by 500 per cent, to 428 million dollars.
Jaitley said Myanmar's natural resources and India's globally-competitive technology were valuable assets that could contribute to the prosperity of both countries.
Bureau Report