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India, UK reaffirm commitment to early conclusion of FTA
India and the UK had earlier unveiled plans to conclude the FTA by October 2022 but the trade deal ran into problems because of British home secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial comments that an agreement could lead to increased migration from India.
British trade minister to launch new round of talks with India
British trade minister Kemi Badenoch will hold her first face-to-face meeting with her Indian counterpart in New Delhi in an effort to spark life into talks over a free trade agreement between the countries.
Britain eyes trade agreements with California, Utah
Britain inked an agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment with South Carolina, its third such deal with a US state, and is seeking similar deals with California and Utah.
Britain begins preparations for S.Korea trade talks
Britain began preparations on Friday for trade talks with South Korea, starting a consultation with businesses and individuals about what they want to see in a future free trade agreement.
UK group loses legal challenge over Morocco trade agreement
Dec 5 (Reuters) - A campaign group on Monday lost a legal challenge to Britain’s post-Brexit trade arrangements with Morocco over goods from the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Ukraine strikes digital trade agreement with Britain
Britain said it had agreed in principle a digital trade deal with Ukraine, the eastern European country’s first such agreement.
India-UK FTA leaked draft reveals nobody’s gain except big pharma
India - UK FTA provisions favor neither India nor the UK except the pharma industry in a big way. It defeats the firm stand taken by the Indian PM three years ago when he decided to pull out of the RCEP against the corporate interests over people’s lives.
India-UK FTA lands in row over patent evergreening
A clause allowing patent evergreening in the India-UK free trade agreement will harm India’s generics industry and the UK’s healthcare service that is dependent on Indian drugs, The Lancet warned, prompting the UK to declare the future of its health service is “not on the table".
Australia ratifies free trade deals with India and Britain
Australia’s Parliament has passed bilateral free trade agreements with India and Britain, leaving those partner nations to bring the deals into force.
Digital trade agreement with the UK paves way for development of e-commerce
The parties discussed the way the leadership of the UK in the financial world would help unlock investments in Ukraine.
India-UK FTA likely to be closed by March 2023
A source from the commerce ministry said that the free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and India is expected to be closed by March 2023.
Taiwan aims for British trade deal as minister meets president
Taiwan hopes to sign a trade deal with the UK, and that Britain will support Taiwan’s membership of the trade group, President Tsai said.
President Tsai calls for bilateral investment deal with the UK
Taiwan hopes it can work with the United Kingdom on signing a bilateral investment deal, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) told a visiting British minister in a meeting in Taipei.
China lashes out at UK over trade talks in Taiwan
China has lashed out at the UK for sending trade minister Greg Hands to talks in Taiwan, insisting that “official contacts” with the self-governing island republic must cease.
Britain prioritising India trade deal but can’t give timeline, minister says
Britain is prioritising reaching a free-trade agreement with India, its foreign minister said in his first visit to the country, but declined to give a new deadline after missing one this month.
MSF responds to UK’s disastrous proposal on intellectual property in UK-India Free Trade Agreement
UK IP demands contain provisions that would drastically harm access to affordable, lifesaving generic medicines from India, upon which millions of people around the world rely.
Experts positive on India-UK FTA deal
The India-UK free trade deal, which has missed the Diwali deadline, is likely to get the much-needed impetus with Rishi Sunak taking over as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister as experts see political stability in the UK giving momentum to negotiations.
India-UK free trade talks to gather pace after a brief lull
The briefly interrupted last-mile negotiations for the ambitious India-UK FTA may restart with the Rishi Sunak become PM, but the unprecedented economic crisis gripping the island country could still slow the process and delay a deal beyond 2022, according to officials and trade analysts.
India, UK unlikely to finalise FTA before ’23
India and the UK are unlikely to finalise a trade deal before 2023, largely because of the political turmoil in Britain and differences within the outgoing Liz Truss government on issues such as mobility of professionals and immigration.