London: The opposition Labour Party of the UK on Monday criticized the ruling Conservatives for “over-promised and underdelivering” on relations with India and for declaring that it is “ready to go” with the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA ) if it wins the July 4 general election. The party’s shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, addressed the India Global Forum ( IGF), explaining that the FTA is” a floor not a ceiling” of the partnership he aspires to have with his “friend” foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar.
To increase the projected GB, India and the UK have completed 13 FTA conversations. 1 billion a year buying marriage, with talks now stalled amid the election processes in both the countries.
According to Lammy,” Some Diwalis have come and gone without a business deal, and too many companies have been waiting” because Boris Johnson’s former prime minister missed the FTA deadline of 2022. ” My message to]finance ] minister ( Nirmala ) Sitharaman and ( trade ) minister ( Piyush ) Goyal is that Labour is ready to go. This eventually reach a deal on free trade, he said, adding that, if elected to the government on July 4, he will be in Delhi by the end of July.
