India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal with Maroš Šefčovič, the EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security. (Photo: X/Piyush Goyal) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has wrapped up what he described as “intense but productive” negotiations with European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič in Brussels, as India and the European Union push to close a long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) before the year ends.

Goyal said the two sides have significantly reduced the number of outstanding issues after several rounds of high-level discussions, adding that he looks forward to meeting Šefčovič again within the next two to three weeks to take the deal "to fruition."

Šefčovič called the latest round a substantive s

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