Watch out EU! UK in pole position to secure free trade deal with India, says former MEP
John Varga
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Liz Truss, the International Trade Secretary, recently concluded a five day trip to India, where she signed an enhanced trade partnership with Piyush Goyal, the commerce and industry minister. The agreement marks a further step towards securing a comprehensive free trade deal with the Asian superpower. Gaining access to India's internal market is notoriously difficult due to trade protections imposed by the Government.
For many decades after independence, India equated self-rule with self-sufficiency and independency.
Only at the end of the twentieth century did New Delhi begin to open its markets to foreign competition.