India protected all sensitive sectors in FTA with UK: Piyush Goyal
has protected all
sensitive sectors
, including
dairy
, rice and sugar, in the free trade agreement with the UK, Commerce and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal
said on Saturday.
The pact will help boost exports of labour-intensive products like footwear, textiles and gems and jewellery, he added.
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"We have protected all the sensitive sectors of India...we have not opened for UK (those areas)....Zero compromise and extensive benefits makes it a phenomenal free trade agreement (
FTA
)," Goyal told reporters here.
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The agreement was signed on July 24 in
London
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He added that the agreement will open doors for India to the developed world.
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