“We are all very well aware that it was progressing very fast until we had a little bit of a blip because of political happenings in the other country. Fortunately, we have a stable government. I believe in office now (in the UK) and I am already in touch with my (UK) counterpart. We are working together to possibly have an in person meeting also very soon but our teams are already engaged. Next month, the next round of negotiations are slated to happen,” Goyal said here at a steel industry event.
He said that industry support is required for the agreement and it should be a fair, equitable and balanced FTA.
He also said that there should not be any strict timelines to conclude negotiations for an FTA as such agreements have to be thought through and carefully…
