Union Minister of Commerce and Industry,
Kamal Nath, will be addressing the India Economic Summit 2004  on
6  December.  He will be addressing the Plenary  Session  of  the
Summit which has the theme "International Trade: The New Voice of
Emerging Markets".

According to press release, the Summit is being jointly organised
by  the  Confederation  of Indian Industry (CII)  and  the  World
Economic  Forum,  with the Department of  Industrial  Policy  and 
Promotion  (DIPP),  Ministry of Commerce and   Industry,  as  the
Summit partners, along with others.

Mandisi Mpahiwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of South  Africa;
Rachid M. Rachid, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry of Egypt
and  Supachai  Panitchpakdi,  Director  General  of  World  Trade
Organisation (WTO) will be the other eminent participants at  the
session to be addressed by  Kamal Nath.

According  to  the  Summit agenda outlining  the  thrust  of  the
session  to  be addressed by the Minister:  "International  trade
assumes  a new definition as more and more nations  move  towards
borderless  trade,  entering  into Free Trade  Areas  (FTAs)  and
assigning  MFN status to partner countries. How will this  affect
the global trade scenario? What role do emerging markets have  to
play  in the international trade scenario in the next few  years?
Can they come together as one strong voice?".(ANI)