Commerce Minister to visit Berlin and The Hague with about 100 businesses as India-EU trade talks continue

21 October 2026

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal will visit Germany from 22 to 24 October 2026 and the Netherlands from 24 to 27 October 2026. In Berlin he will take part in the Berlin Global Dialogue and hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines with the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and with the Economic and Financial Policy Advisor and G7 and G20 Sherpa at the Federal Chancellery. The talks will cover trade and investment corridors, advanced engineering, green mobility, clean technology and market access tied to the ongoing India-European Union free trade agreement negotiations. In The Hague he will meet the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and hold discussions with the King's Commissioner of North Holland and members of Dutch parliamentary committees on foreign trade and European affairs. He will address the India-Netherlands Business Forum on 26 October, followed by six parallel sectoral roundtables. About 100 businesses and startups will accompany him, and the business delegation will visit the Port of Rotterdam on 25 October.