India-EU free trade pact in September

India will conclude a "robust" free trade pact with the EU by this autumn, leaving the delicate matter of sorting out any differences to a later date, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma told a forum of Indian and British businesses here on Monday.

India will conclude a "robust" free trade pact with the EU by this autumn, leaving the delicate matter of sorting out any differences to a later date, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma told a forum of Indian and British businesses here on Monday.

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The two sides are likely to ink the pact in September, an Indian official told HT. This will follow the 14th round of talks on April 24-27 and a meeting in June between Sharma and EU trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. The accord is known as the Broad Based Trade and Investment Agreement.