the u.s. and china germany is india's largest trading partner in europe to the tune of $20000000000.00 u.s. dollars last year. well for more on this i'm now joined by our chief political editor she is in delhi following going to visit good to see the german and indian leaders have met regularly in recent years so what's special about this one. special thing about it is that she's brought part of her cabinet also including the foreign minister here and these government consultations as they're called who are set up to sort the after germany started consultations with india there was a strong feeling that both countries should be on a par when it comes to thinking about future relationships also particularly in terms of trade but having said that germany feels that this is a quite a way to go to actually find enough common ground here with india to have something