PIB | 24 Jul, 2023
On
18 July 2023, the United Kingdom and the Republic of India concluded
the eleventh round of talks for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
As
with previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid fashion - a number
of Indian officials travelled to London for negotiations and others
attended virtually.
On
10-11 July 2023, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer
Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of
India, Shri Piyush Goyal, visited the UK as part of the eleventh round
of the UK-India FTA negotiations. He met with Rt. Hon Kemi Badenoch MP,
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and Hon Nigel Huddleston
MP, the Minister of State for International Trade, where they discussed
ways to make progress on the FTA negotiations and wider trade and
investment opportunities for the UK and India.
Commerce
Secretary, Government of India, Shri Sunil Barthwal, also visited the
UK during the round. He met with senior UK trade officials and took
stock of the progress made in the eleventh round of negotiations.
Technical
discussions were held across 9 policy areas over 42 separate sessions.
They included detailed draft treaty text discussions in these policy
areas.
The twelfth round of negotiations is due to take place in the coming months.
