India and the European Union (EU) are in the last and the most arduous leg of their ongoing trade negotiations, as per India's commerce ministry.

While both sides concluded the 14th round of negotiations in Brussels last week, some Indian negotiators stayed back to continue talks on issues such as rules of origin (ROO). Commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal met director general (trade) of the European Commission (EC) Sabine Weyand to assess the progress of talks during the last round.

ROO defines the minimal threshold of processing for a product within a country to label it as made in that country. Agrawal said that the negotiating team will have discussions for two weeks at a stretch with an aim to achieve substantial progress in talks, even as both sides look at concluding the Free Trade A

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