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Commission and India sign agreement on semiconductors

Today, the co-chairs of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC), Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Vice-President Věra Jourová, held a stock-taking call with their Indian counterparts – Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal to weigh up the work done under the EU-India TTC so far, and lay the ground for the next Ministerial meeting.

Commission and India sign agreement on semiconductors

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They welcomed the agreement between the EU and India on a Memorandum of Understanding on semiconductors. It was signed by Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal market, and Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India. This agreement sets out how the EU and India will cooperate to build robust semiconductor supply chains and work together on innovation.

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