Issues to be resolved in coming weeks, says Piyush Goyal
Trade Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India and the United Kingdom (UK) would be able to resolve the pending issues for a free-trade agreement (FTA) in the coming weeks, as the remaining issues were not insurmountable.
“FTAs are crystal-gazing into the future. You have to really project how the agreement will play out in 20, 30, 50 years into the future. So they are drafted very carefully. One never rushes to do an FTA. One should do it with great care and consideration of different interests,” Goyal told news agency ANI.
He said both sides were looking at issues that are of a very sensitive nature as well as very important to each other. “We hope that in the coming weeks we will be able to come to some conclusion,” he said
The minister said both...