The twelfth round of negotiations for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) took place from 8 to 31 August 2023. As in previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid manner: a number of British officials they traveled to Delhi for negotiations and others attended virtually.
India hosted the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Investment on 24 and 25 August 2023 in Jaipur. The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, Secretary of State for Business and Commerce, visited India for the meeting and met the Honorable Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Piyush Goyal. They took stock of the FTA and agreed on ways to take the negotiations forward.
The thirteenth round of negotiations will take place in September.
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