UK 目的(とする)s to start 貿易(する) 会談 with India this year

By Kanishka Singh

Aug 17 (Reuters) - The 部隊d Kingdom said on Tuesday it 目的(とする)s to start 交渉s for a 貿易協定 with India by the end of the year.

"We are 現在/一般に in the pre-交渉 範囲ing 段階 of an FTA (自由貿易 協定), with the 目的(とする) of starting 交渉s by the end of this year," a spokesperson for Britain's Department for International 貿易(する) said.

"With 二国間の/相互の 貿易(する) valued at 23 billion 続けざまに猛撃するs ($31.60 billion) in 2019, a 貿易(する) を取り引きする India will help 上げる British 輸出(する)s through lower 関税s and 増加するd 投資 適切な時期s," the spokesperson said in an emailed 声明.

A 貿易(する) (許可,名誉などを)与える with India is seen as a 重要な 的 for 地位,任命する-Brexit Britain. 総理大臣 Boris Johnson reluctantly called off a trip to the 資本/首都 Delhi in April this year after COVID-19 事例/患者s spiraled across India.

Since 完全にするing its 出口 from the European Union at the end of last year, Britain has been keen to 安全な・保証する 貿易(する) 取引,協定s and is 特に 追求するing 関係 with nations in the Indo-太平洋の 地域, home to some of the fastest-growing economies.

Britain's City AM newspaper 報告(する)/憶測d earlier that the UK 政府 was looking at wrapping up a quick "暫定的な" 貿易(する) を取り引きする India, which could see 関税s 削除するd on 製品s like Scotch whisky before a 十分な 協定 is in place.

Britain will try to strike an 暫定的な 協定 that would 許す for 自由貿易 between the two countries under the 条件 of a World 貿易(する) Organisation 借り切る/憲章, the newspaper 報告(する)/憶測d.

Indian 生産者s of things like rice could get greater 接近 to the UK market under the 暫定的な 取引,協定, the newspaper said.

Britain said late in May it was 開始する,打ち上げるing a 14-week 協議 on a 未来 貿易(する) を取り引きする India, 捜し出すing the 見解(をとる)s of the public and 商売/仕事s. ($1 = 0.7279 続けざまに猛撃するs)

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru, editing by 示す Porter)

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