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The fourteenth round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations between India and the UK will take place in January 2024, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry informed on Monday.. The government also provided an update on the previous round, that is the thirteenth round, and said that both nations held negotiations in person and virtually from September 15 to December 15, 2023...
"As with round 12, these negotiations focussed on complex issues including goods, services, and investment," the government said in a release.. Further, the government has reiterated that the UK and India will continue to negotiate towards a comprehensive and ambitious FTA...
The India-UK Free Trade Agreement has encountered multiple obstacles during the negotiation process, resulting in the ambitious agreement being delayed by more than a year from its original deadline...
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