Sensitive issues should not eclipse UK FTA talks: Piyush Goyal

Sensitive issues should not eclipse UK FTA talks: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said sensitive issues should not scuttle free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the United Kingdom. The statement assumes significance in the backdrop of the UK’s international trade secretary Kemi Badenoch‘s statement that more student visas for India were not part of the proposed trade deal, a sensitive issue for … Read more

UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch visits India for 6th round of FTA talks, 1st since July

UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch visits India for 6th round of FTA talks, 1st since July

UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is visiting New Delhi for the sixth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the UK and India, first formal round since July. Badenoch will meet her counterpart minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal in person for the first time, aiming to strengthen ties between the two countries … Read more

U.K. Trade Minister in India to ‘kickstart’ new round of FTA talks

U.K. Trade Minister in India to ‘kickstart’ new round of FTA talks

U.K. Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch arrives in New Delhi on December 12 to “kickstart” the sixth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations and hold bilateral talks with her Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal. The new round marks the first formal meeting between the India-U.K. negotiating teams since July and the first since Rishi Sunak took … Read more

India deal may not have everything on services: UK trade minister Kemi Badenoch

India deal may not have everything on services: UK trade minister Kemi Badenoch

A trade deal between Britain and India might not contain everything that the services sector wants, UK trade minister Kemi Badenoch said on Tuesday as a deadline to complete the deal approaches. Before stepping down, former prime minister Boris Johnson set a target with Indian leader Narendra Modi to complete a free trade agreement (FTA) … Read more