{"id":77221,"date":"2025-07-20T05:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77221\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:27:13","slug":"india-will-sign-trade-deals-only-if-they-serve-national-interest-piyush-goyal-reiterates-govts-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77221\/","title":{"rendered":"India will sign trade deals only if they serve national interest, Piyush Goyal reiterates govt&#8217;s stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/piyush-goyal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piyush Goyal<\/a>, again reiterated the government&#8217;s stand on trade deals, stating that India will enter into <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/international-trade-agreements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international trade agreements<\/a> only if they serve the country&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n<p>Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, while addressing the session &#8216;Creating Global Impact Towards Viksit Bharat&#8217;, organised by ASSOCHAM, said, &#8220;If India gets a good trade deal, we will go ahead with it. If not, we won&#8217;t, the Minister stated firmly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India always keeps the country&#8217;s interest first,&#8221; he added.<br \/>Talking to reporters after the event, the Minister further said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve already mentioned that we don&#8217;t negotiate through media, we negotiate in the negotiating room. Talks are ongoing, and once the team is back, we will get feedback on the response and the progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the industry leaders and entrepreneurs, the Minister stressed the importance of mindset change within the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>He called for a shift towards <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/collective-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collective growth<\/a> and mutual support between small and large firms. &#8220;We need targets, guidance, and a change in mindset. Big or small, firms must grow together,&#8221; he added.&#8221;We must support each other and be vocal for local,&#8221; he said.He also emphasised the importance of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), focusing on research, innovation, quality, and scaling up to compete globally.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister urged MSME stakeholders to actively inform the government about <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/non-tariff-barriers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-tariff barriers<\/a> that are affecting their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to an industry player, Goyal stated that the government will address the industry&#8217;s concerns and work towards resolving them only if industry players convey their concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the broader economic framework, the Minister compared the current banking system with that under the previous UPA government.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the PM Modi-led administration had successfully restructured the banking sector.<\/p>\n<p>Goyal stated that during the UPA regime, the banking sector collapsed under rising NPAs. &#8220;We have restructured it in a transparent manner. Today, the banking system is robust and performing well,&#8221; the Union Minister added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, again reiterated the government&#8217;s stand on trade deals, stating that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[53359,64,53361,79,53362,53357,53358,53356,53360,3237,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-77221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-banking-sector-restructuring","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-collective-growth","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-india-trade-deals","13":"tag-international-trade-agreements","14":"tag-msme-support","15":"tag-national-interest","16":"tag-non-tariff-barriers","17":"tag-piyush-goyal","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114883909605898065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}