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After more than three years and 14 rounds of negotiations, the UK and India have finally announced a free trade agreement (FTA). UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will formally sign the deal on a visit to India later this year. This is the biggest and most economically significant bilateral trade…

Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West) Tanmay Lal, highlighted that 20 union cabinet ministers and Ministers of State engaged in discussions and issues ranging from trade, digital green technology, energy, environment and connectivity were discussed. Read further on Dynamite News:

UK's policy on Ayurveda products not part of India-UK FTA talks. UK has policy for traditional herbal medicines, many Indian ingredients like sarpagandha, khat restricted or banned. UK to deal with Ayurveda items separately.

India and the U.K. launched the talks for free-trade agreement (FTA) in January 2022, with an aim to conclude talks by Deepavali (October 24, 2022), but the deadline was missed due to political developments in the U.K.

Rishi Sunak‘s proposed bilateral visit to India in October-November is understood to have been put off due to delays in the FTA talks.

The rift between Canada and India is “painful” for Australia that has good ties with both, but will not affect bilateral ties, Australian High Commissioner to India Phillip Green said.

Business secretary dismisses likelhood of post-Brexit deal – just as report claims Sunak and Biden in early stages of ‘foundational’ agreement

Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the conclusions

EU awaits India's response to its proposal for an 'Investment Court System' as a forum for trade arbitration. EU remains world's largest trading market despite risk factors. EU-India FTA talks have made progress, with EU-India Trade & Technology Council meeting in May.