India open to joining trade blocs with China if its economy is WTO compliant, trade minister says

India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal takes part at the panel discussion "Trade: Now what?" during the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 25, 2022. /Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

NEW DELHI - India is open to being a part of trading blocs which include China if Beijing ensures its economy is open, transparent, and complies with the rules of the World Trade Organisation, India's trade minister Piyush Goyal said at a media event on Thursday.

(Reporting by Sarita Chaganti Singh, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)