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Don't rush trade deal with India, business chiefs warn
The Independent
|August 13, 2022
The trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been told to focus on substance rather than the Diwali deadline
Top British business bodies have warned the government against rushing into a bad trade deal with India to meet a self-imposed deadline to get it "done by Diwali". Boris Johnson urged negotiators to finalise a post-Brexit free trade agreement before the annual Indian festival, which falls on 24 October, during his visit to the country in spring.
This story is from the August 13, 2022 edition of The Independent.
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