India-EU FTA differences narrowed, more meetings lined up: Commerce Secretary

Commerce Secretary, Rajesh Agrawal, speaking on the India-EU FTA said, "We are narrowing down the differences, and there will be more physical and virtual meetings.

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"We have done nearly 14 rounds of negotiations till now. Their team was here for entire week in December and both the sides had deep engagement on multiple issues. We are narrowing down the differences," he said.

"When you reach closer, there are set of differences. So, now we are narrowing them down. Both the sides are virtually engaged on multiple issue," he told.

"There will be both physical and virtual meetings to take this to completion. We are moving in that road, and working tirelessly to see results," he said.

Commerce Secretary also talked on the US BTA and the recent visit of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) team.