Mumbai, July 27 -- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday targeted the previous UPA government led by Congress, alleging that trade deals signed during that period were not done in the country's interests.

Referring to the recently signed India-UK Free Trade Agreement, the Union minister said the UK had not been interested in concluding the treaty with India during the Congress government, apparently due to a lack of confidence.

"Discussions for the UK FTA began twenty-five years ago. The discussion continued for years and eventually came to a halt. The differences kept increasing, you must remember how weak India's economy was twenty-five years ago, and the United Kingdom used to consider itself a world power," Piyush Goyal said.

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