India and the UK are expected to hold the next round of talks for a proposed free trade agreement in October to resolve the pending issues and close the negotiations, a senior official said on Tuesday. Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said the officials of the UK are briefing their new ministers about the proposed free trade agreement (FTA).
The two sides have already taken stock of the progress of talks at secretary and minister levels.
“The briefings are going on in the UK…they are briefing their new ministers and based on that, the negotiations will start. We are hoping that in October, the negotiations should resume,” Barthwal told reporters here.
He also said India is progressing on all FTAs, but there are certain things which are not in control of anyone.
The India-UK talks for the proposed FTA began in January 2022. The 14th round of talks stalled as the two nations stepped into their general election cycles.
Due to the elections in India and Britain, both the countries lost that period. There are pending issues in both the goods and services sectors. The Indian…
