India and Britain launched negotiations for FTA in January with an aim to conclude talks by Diwali but deadline was missed due to lack of consensus on issues...

India has been adversely impacted due to global developments and US-China trade war...

The agreement is expected to promote two-way commerce and investments between the regions...

Labour-intensive sectors which would gain immensely include textiles and apparel, afew agricultural and fish products, leather...

Under the pact, Australia is offering zero-duty access to India for about 96.4 per cent of exports (by value) from day one...

We will now work at pace with the Indian teams to try to resolve the issues and come to a mutually satisfactory conclusion, says the UK prime minister...

India's exports to the gulf region grew by 58.26 per cent to about USD 44 billion in 2021-22...

Two sides have got through majority of negotiations, but there are tough issues, says Alex Ellis ...

The City of London Corporation, financial hub of the UK capital, expresses hope that Sunak's focus on services would take agreement in right direction...

Politicians and businesses across the board in UK recognised that it is 'very' important for them also to do an free trade agreement with India...