UK trade minister in India to ‘kickstart’ new round of FTA talks

London: UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch arrives in New Delhi on Monday to “kickstart” the sixth round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations and hold bilateral talks with her Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal.

The new round marks the first formal meeting between the India-UK



negotiating teams since July and the first since Rishi Sunak took charge as British Prime Minister.

His Trade Secretary will address both teams of senior negotiators ahead of the sixth round of formal negotiations, scheduled to take place throughout the week.