India and Italy on Tuesday discussed ways to increase cooperation in areas such as machinery, infrastructure, engineering and agriculture to promote trade and investments between the countries. These issues were discussed during the meeting of 20th India-Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) here.
The two-day session is being co-chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu and by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Michele Geraci from the Italian side. The bilateral trade between the countries increased to $10.41 billion in 2017-18 from $8.8 billion in 2016-17.