 He drove policies which resulted in India registering its highest ever merchandise exports of over USD 330 bn in 2018-19 and achieved a massive USD 10 bn cut in trade deficit with China in 1 year; this was the first time in 30 years that trade deficit with China reduced.He took continuous efforts towards making India a focal point in new power dynamics in trade multilateralism and organized a special mini Ministerial WTO meet in India.He initiated the development of India’s first ever National e-Commerce Policy and has been advocating the use of frontier technologies like Artificial Intelligence for good governance.