Window to conclude India-UK FTA by end of March closing fast, officials in a huddle

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THE window to conclude talks with the United Kingdom on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) before the end of this financial year or March 31 is fast closing, and top government officials from both sides are making a final push to wrap up pending issues. A delegation from the UK arrived in India on January 22. “There have been several issues, but most chapters have been closed in the last three months. Over 90 per cent of the deal is one, only a handful of articles in a few chapters are remaining. It is a small basket,” a senior government...