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Britain wants a better trade agreement with the European Union, new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Northern Ireland’s politicians.
With business of government formation over in India and UK, officials from both sides will get together later this month itself to carry forward the negotiation process on the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.
The major shift in the British political landscape after Thursday's election is reviving hope for a possible free trade deal across the pond in Canada. Talks on a deal, which began after Brexit, collapsed in January.
The National Assembly of Viet Nam ratified the UK’s protocol of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
India has a trade surplus of £7.4 billion. There are 26 chapters in the FTA, which include goods, services, investments and intellectual property rights.
A British trade official called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to ratify the UK’s entry into a Pacific trade deal by the end of the year, despite opposition from some Canadian agriculture groups.
The British government’s declaration of trade activities in Western Sahara as “legal” has stirred controversy, particularly in light of a proposal to establish a United Nations council for monitoring natural resources in the disputed territory.
Companies have long used international treaties to try to prevent Global South countries from asserting economic sovereignty. In recent decades, corporations have used such laws to stymie European governments’ attempts to tackle the climate crisis.
The ratification of the Digital Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom by the Verkhovna Rada will deepen Ukraine's participation in global supply chains.
The visit of the Indian delegation comes a month after both sides decided to take a pause in negotiations when Indian elections were announced on March 15.
