Parker invites Indian investments
New Zealand is engaging with various states in India to provide latest technology in agriculture, food storage and supply chain infrastructure to help reduce food wastage.
Also, New Zealand companies have started working with Indian businesses under the ‘Make in India’ program, said David Parker, New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth.
He also emphasized on the need to adopt newer technologies to encourage innovations and bridge the gap between the two nations.
“Trade policies play an important role. There is lot that we can do together,” said Parker, underlining the need to further strengthen socio-economic relations between the two countries.
“We both need trade to help us address the most significant global issues to access the international market. We need to support the economic growth and development and avoid environmental damage impacting the people,” he said at the ‘India-New Zealand Business Forum’, organized by FICCI in New Delhi on 27 Feb 2020.
He also invited Indian companies to invest in New Zealand in potential areas like aviation, tourism, IT, ICT, education.
“We have developed new ‘Trade for All’ trade policy to ensure sustainable economic development and inclusive growth,” he informed.
Addressing the forum, FICCI President Dr Sangita Reddy underlined the importance of Indian market size and diversity. “We are a diverse market with immense talent pool of all types.”
India as a sandbox of ‘Innovation and Learning’ is providing an opportunity to our global partners to grow faster than they were growing earlier, she pointed out. fiinews.com
