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India and Israel on right side of the US' equation: Minister Nir Barkat

There is a new world order; India and Israel on the 'right side' of USA's equation: Nir Barkat

Nir Barkat, Israel’s economy and industry minister
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Nir Barkat, Israel’s economy and industry minister

Dev ChatterjeeShivani Shinde Mumbai

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NIR BARKAT, Israel's minister of economy, was in India this week to promote bilateral trade. Barkat, a former paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, met ministers, chief executives and representatives of industry associations to explore how the two countries' companies could collaborate. Barkat, in an interview with Shivani Shinde and Dev Chatterjee in Mumbai, talked about how Israel promotes business and its target of $1 trillion exports in the next two decades. Edited excerpts: 
 
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