UK officials on Wednesday said securing the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was among the toughest negotiations they had undertaken, describing India's negotiating team as "phenomenal" and crediting Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal's political, legal and negotiating skills for helping seal what they called "a brilliant deal for both sides."
"We threw everything at it to make sure that we negotiated as comprehensive a deal as we possibly could. We really wanted a great deal with India, but we also wanted it fast," the officials were quoted as saying by ANI, while reflecting on the negotiations.
