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For decades, India has been obsessively focused on securing commitments for work visas in its trade negotiations, particularly when negotiating Free Trade Agreements. The negotiating leverage and political capital spent on securing such commitments could be better utilised in negotiating for lower tariffs and meaningful market access There are several reasons why the whole approach is outdated. The current strategy …

Visas not first priority for India in FTA with U.K.: High Commissioner Doraiswami

A request for more visas for Indian citizens, often described in the British press as one of the central challenges to concluding an India-U.K. ‘free trade’ agreement, was not the top priority for the government, Indian High Commissioner to the U.K. Vikram Doraiswami has said. “We are not seeking to be essentially looking at the FTA as a means to …

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Mobility issues, carbon tax exemption, and visas key issues in trade talks between India and the UK

The fourteenth round of free trade agreement negotiations between India and the UK will start in January 2024, the ministry of commerce and industry said in an official statement on Monday. According to the government, India-UK free trade agreement talks completed 13 rounds of negotiations that took place from 18 September to 15 December. India’s demand for visas for professionals …

India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country in FTAs: Goyal

India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country under a Free Trade Agreement and is only looking to engage with trading partners on mobility like temporary visas for students, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on April 13. Mobility is about expanding trade, business, providing temporary visas for people who visit a country either for work or …

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The free trade agreement between India and the UK is anticipated to be finalised this year, with UK MP Bob Blackman asserting that it would be a "mutually beneficial trade deal". LOOKING AHEAD | India@2047 'No Cap On Indian Students But Do Want Complete Brain Drain' The British High Commission granted 1.18 lakh visas to Indian students in the year …

More student visas for India not part of the trade deal, U.K. Trade Secretary says

Kemi Badenoch, United Kingdom’s International Trade Secretary, has reiterated that issuance of more student visas for India is not a part of the anticipated Free Trade Agreement. In a recent interview with the U.K.’s The Times, Ms. Badenoch, who was in India last month for the sixth round of discussion on the India-U.K. FTA, said that Britain left the European …

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Kemi Badenoch held the sixth round of discussion on the India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement which had been stalled over multiple issues, including reported Indian demand for greater number of student visas and political turmoil in the U.K. Ms. Badenoch, who arrived on Monday, held a round of meeting with Mr. …

British PM Boris Johnson favours more skilled visas for Indians

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his support for more skilled visas for Indians as part of the efforts to expedite the ambitious free trade agreement being negotiated between the two countries. Speaking to reporters from the U.K. on the prime ministerial flight to Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, PM Johnson acknowledged a massive shortage of experts in IT and …