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Businesses keen on India-UK enhanced trade partnership, eventual FTA: UKIBC
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The two sides had decided earlier this year to launch an ETP to develop a roadmap that would lead to a potential comprehensive FTA, including considerations on an interim pact on a preferential basis.
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India is the second largest investor in the UK and, over the last decade, the UK has been the second fastest growing G20 investor in India.
The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) on Monday said that businesses are looking forward to an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) that addresses market access barriers in the short- and medium-term and begins the journey to an eventual free trade agreement between India and the UK.
UKIBC welcomes bilateral talks between PMs Boris Johnson, Narendra Modi ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 17:13 IST
New Delhi, (Delhi), [India], May 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) welcomes the news that PM Modi and PM Johnson will meet virtually tomorrow to deepen cooperation between our two countries, including on combatting COVID.
While the pandemic has to be the immediate priority, it is encouraging that the Prime Ministers are working together now on medium - and long-term priorities such as climate action, healthcare, defence and security, and trade and investment.
Trade and Investment:
The trade and investment partnership is particularly important, and the UKIBC hopes that the meeting tomorrow will provide more details of the Enhanced Trade Partnership initiated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industries, and his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade.
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The Joint Trade Review, the Enhanced Trade Partnership, and the eventual FTA are important elements in a strong vibrant and sustainable partnership between India and UK
The events of 2020 and early 2021, including BREXIT and COVID-19, have thrown up undoubted hurdles causing us all to think outside the box in our working processes and practices. But they are also causing us to identify new opportunities for re-invigorated collaborations and streamlined supply chains.
Businesses are looking forward to India and the UK implementing an Enhanced Trade Partnership that would address market access barriers in the short and medium term and eventually lead to a potential comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the UK India Business Council said in a statement on Monday.
The statement comes a day ahead of a virtual meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson. The India-UK summit aims to lay a comprehensive road map to 2030. The trade and investment partnership is particularly important, and the UKIBC hopes that the meeting tomorrow will provide more details of the Enhanced Trade Partnership initiated by Piyush Goyal, India’s minister for commerce and industries, and his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, secretary of state for international trade, the UKIBC said in a statement.