Commerce secretary Rajesh Agarwal will visit Brussels later this week as the negotiators from India and the European Union (EU) will be wrapping up their 14th round of talks on the proposed Free Trade Agreement ( FTA ).

Agarwal will meet his counterpart in the European Commission (EC) Director General for Trade (DG-Trade) Sabine Weyand to take stock of the progress made so far and plot the path ahead to conclude the negotiations by year-end.

After Agarwal’s visit, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will also be in Brussels on October 27-28 for discussions related to the trade agreement.

The 14th round of talks on the FTA began on Monday and will continue till Friday. The Indian team led by Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce L Satya Srinivas. During the 13th r

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