Without putting a deadline to the ongoing negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the UK, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Kemi Badenoch on Thursday said the trade pact talks are in the final stages. On the outcome of the ongoing G20 Trade and Investment Ministers’ Meeting, Badenoch also said that it is “very difficult to get many countries to agree on a communique”.
India and the UK are “actively” discussing business mobility under the proposed FTA, the UK minister said, clarifying that the overall visa liberalisation issues do not come under the ambit of trade pacts. She said that both countries are working to accommodate issues with regard to bilateral investment treaty and business mobility so that it works for both the nations.
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