{"id":34936,"date":"2026-01-29T16:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=34936"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:09:25","slug":"gjepc-congratulates-commerce-dept-officials-on-landmark-india-eu-fta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/gjepc-congratulates-commerce-dept-officials-on-landmark-india-eu-fta\/","title":{"rendered":"GJEPC Congratulates Commerce Dept. Officials on Landmark India-EU FTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shri Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director, GJEPC, met Shri Rajesh Agarwal, Commerce Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Shri Saket Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on 29 January to congratulate them on the successful signing of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement, widely referred to as the \u201cmother of all trade deals\u201d. Shri Ray acknowledged their direct involvement in the India-EU negotiations and their contributions to advancing discussions on market access and trade facilitation. The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the FTA\u2019s importance for India\u2019s export-oriented sectors, including gems and jewellery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shri Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director, GJEPC, met Shri Rajesh Agarwal, Commerce Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Shri Saket Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on 29 January to congratulate them on the successful signing of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement, widely referred&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-34936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GJEPC Congratulates Commerce Dept. 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