UK and India relaunch free trade talks after year-long pause - London’s push for greater access to Indian telecom, legal and financial sectors and Delhi’s desire for more liberal migration policy for

India and the UK have restarted free trade talks, nearly a year after negotiations were paused ahead of general elections in both countries. Jonathan Reynolds, the UK's business and trade secretary, met his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal in Delhi on Monday and kicked off the two-day discussions.

India and the UK have decided to resume talks on a proposed trade agreement, Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, adding that the countries will look to speed up negotiations. Goyal was speaking at a joint press conference with UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds,

India and Britain will aim to more than double bilateral trade in a decade, Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, as the two countries resumed trade talks under the shadow of tariff threats from U.

India and the United Kingdom have resumed negotiations on a trade deal that is "balanced, mutually beneficial and forward-looking." The announcement was made by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade of the United Kingdom Jonathan Reynolds,