<p>India plans to hold bilateral free trade talks with the United Kingdom, the European Union and Canada and discuss bilateral trade issues with the Russian delegation on the sidelines of a G20 meeting next week, a top trade official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The G20 trade ministers are likely to discuss trade and World Trade Organisation reforms in their meeting, trade secretary Sunil Barthwal also told reporters.</p>.<p>More than 300 delegates from G20 members are to gather in Jaipur, about 300 km from the capital New Delhi, for the Aug. 24-25 Trade and Investment Ministerial meeting.</p>.High-level India-EU meetings this month to boost FTA talks.<p>The Trade and Investment Working Group was set up in 2016 under the Chinese G20 presidency and has continued to hold talks on related issues at subsequent meetings.</p>.<p>"WTO reforms is one of the priority issues at G20," the official, said noting that the agenda for the G20, who account for nearly 85% of global GDP, will include the role of logistics in expanding global value chains and small businesses.</p>.G20 Film Festival to open on Wednesday with Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali'.<p>Among others, France, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, UK, USA and EU have confirmed their participation in the meeting.</p>.<p>The trade ministers are likely to aim to build a consensus on the issue of reducing transaction costs through a paperless global trading system, while helping small businesses to become part of global trade, the trade ministry said in a statement. </p>
<p>India plans to hold bilateral free trade talks with the United Kingdom, the European Union and Canada and discuss bilateral trade issues with the Russian delegation on the sidelines of a G20 meeting next week, a top trade official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The G20 trade ministers are likely to discuss trade and World Trade Organisation reforms in their meeting, trade secretary Sunil Barthwal also told reporters.</p>.<p>More than 300 delegates from G20 members are to gather in Jaipur, about 300 km from the capital New Delhi, for the Aug. 24-25 Trade and Investment Ministerial meeting.</p>.High-level India-EU meetings this month to boost FTA talks.<p>The Trade and Investment Working Group was set up in 2016 under the Chinese G20 presidency and has continued to hold talks on related issues at subsequent meetings.</p>.<p>"WTO reforms is one of the priority issues at G20," the official, said noting that the agenda for the G20, who account for nearly 85% of global GDP, will include the role of logistics in expanding global value chains and small businesses.</p>.G20 Film Festival to open on Wednesday with Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali'.<p>Among others, France, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, UK, USA and EU have confirmed their participation in the meeting.</p>.<p>The trade ministers are likely to aim to build a consensus on the issue of reducing transaction costs through a paperless global trading system, while helping small businesses to become part of global trade, the trade ministry said in a statement. </p>