<h1>Bilateral trade group agrees $100B by 2030 goal, signs multi-sector cooperation protocol to boost market access and supply chains</h1> Two countries' trade and economic working group met to review bilateral trade, noting growth well above a 2014 benchmark and a shared US$100 billion trade objective by 2030; a multi-sector trade and economic cooperation protocol was finalized and signed. Delegations agreed on confidence-building measures to expand market access, including expedited listing and systems-based sanitary measures for agriculture, time-bound pharmaceutical registration and regulatory reliance, and sectoral cooperation in engineering, chemicals, electronics, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, textiles and leather. They discussed services procurement and predictable mobility for professionals, interest in a bilateral investment treaty, payment solutions for MSMEs, and an agenda on trade diversification, de-risking and resilient supply chains.