Chronology of events leading to conclusion of India, UK FTA

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....hronology of events leading to conclusion of India, UK FTA<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 6-5-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) Following is the chronology of the developments that lead to conclusion of the India, UK free trad agreement. May 4, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and (the then) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched an 'Enhanced Trade Partnership' (ETP) to unleash the trade potentia....

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....l between the two economies. As part of the ETP, they agreed on a roadmap to negotiate a comprehensive and balanced FTA. Jan 13, 2022: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched the Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United Kingdom along with (the then) UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan in New Delhi. Both parties agreed to start the first round....

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.... of negotiations on 17-28 January and hold future rounds of negotiations approximately every five weeks. Jan 2022 - Jan 2025: A total of 14 rounds of negotiations were held between officials of the two countries. March 2024: Negotiations were paused due to Indian general elections; both sides agreed to resume discussions post-election. February 2025: Goyal and UK Secretary of State for Bus....

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....iness and Trade Jonathan Reynolds announced resumption of negotiations. It was resumed after a gap of over eight months because of elections in Britain. Apr 28, 2025: Goyal visited London for the FTA talks with his UK counterpart, Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. May 2, 2025: Goyal again held discussions with Reynolds. May 6, 2025: India and the UK announced the conclusi....

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....on of negotiations for FTA, along with the Double Contribution Convention pact. PTI RR CS RR MR<BR> News - Press release - PIB....