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UK says high-quality FTA with India a priority

Britain’s Trade Minister in charge of negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India says clinching a high-quality deal is among her top priorities for the year while admitting the talks had hit a “bit of an impasse” which she broke by flying to New Delhi last month. It comes after the Diwali 2022 deadline for the FTA set by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was missed last October. India-UK bilateral trade currently stands at around GBP 29.6 billion a year.