<span style="color: #222222;">Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held talks with the Australian Prime Minister's Special Trade Envoy for India, Tony Abbott in Melbourne this evening. Mr Goyal reached Melbourne today on a three-day visit to Australia. His visit comes after India and Australia signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, (ECTA) last Saturday.<br />''<br />''In a tweet, the Minister said, Mr Abbott, played a key role in realizing the ECTA. They held discussion how both countries can build on this deal to increase supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region. During his visit, Mr. Goyal will hold wide-ranging discussions with his Australian counterpart, Dan Tehan on carrying forward the ECTA.<br />''<br />''He will also interact with business leaders, Indian students and Indian diaspora in Australia. AIR Correspondent reports that ECTA is the first trade agreement of India with a developed country after more than a decade which provides for an institutional mechanism to improve trade between India and Australia. </span>