New Delhi: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), an authority under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, on Monday hosted an outreach programme on the recently concluded India–UK comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA).
Chairing the programme at Bharat Mandapam here, Ajay Bhadoo, director general of foreign trade and additional secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, underlined the strategic significance of CETA in expanding India’s footprint in the UK market.
He highlighted tariff concessions, simplified market access provisions, and the scope for Indian MSMEs to integrate more strongly with global value chains.
Adding the UK government’s perspective, Anna Shotbolt, deputy trade commissioner, South Asia, British High Commission in India, described the