India, EU sign MoU on semiconductors in research, talent development

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The meeting was co-chaired on the Indian side by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal and minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.iStock..

India and the European Union have signed a memorandum of understanding on semiconductors that covers cooperation in areas such as research and innovation, talent development, partnerships and exchange of market information, the external affairs ministry said...

The inaugural ministerial meeting of TTC was held in Brussels on May 16, where all three working groups under TTC set out their cooperation on a wide range of issues including semiconductors, high-performance computing, digital public infrastructures, clean energy technologies, supply chain resilience and trade issues...

The co-chairs provided strategic guidance to the working groups on strategic technologies and digital connectivity, clean and green energy technologies, and trade, investment and resilient supply chains towards achieving the objectives set out for TTC during its establishment at the highest levels, the MEA said.. They expressed satisfaction at the progress achieved in the working groups to date, particularly in the areas of semiconductors, high-performance computing, digital public infrastructures, EV batteries and their recycling, waste to energy, resilient supply chains and FDI screening, it said...

In a post on X, Jaishankar said, "Co-chaired the India-EU Trade and Technology Council virtually along with my colleagues PiyushGoyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw..

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