Focus on Free Trade Agreements with developed countries: Piyush Goyal

India concluded a trade pact with the United Arab Emirates earlier this year and launched negotiation for similar pacts with several other countries such as Canada

‘Focus on FTAs with developed countries’

Addressing the reconstituted Board of Trade here on Tuesday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal argued for the need to sign more free trade agreements (FTAs) with developed economies. The Board of Trade meeting focused on export target setting, the new Foreign Trade Policy (2022 to 2027), and the strategies and measures to be taken in order to take forward domestic manufacturing and exports.