Addressing the 5th Edition of Anti-Smuggling Day organised by FICCI CASCADE, Singh said that smuggling has evolved into an organised, technology-driven economic crime with direct implications for national security and economic stability.
The India-Japan relationship, he recalled, was primarily an economic partnership earlier. But it has evolved over the past two decades, the Indian minister said, referring to cooperation between the two nations in various international forums, including Quad, the United Nations, G4, and G20.
The European Union (EU) doesn't feel pressured to yield to an imbalanced trade agreement with the United States, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic said Tuesday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
Patents related to sensitive technologies will be made non-public under the new law, sources close to the matter said.
