New Delhi, May 10 -- Indian industries are looking forward to more free trade agreements (FTAs) because such trade pacts are the key enablers for participating in the global value chain, said Sanjiv Puri, President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Managing Director of ITC.

ITC MD Puri said that after the FTA with the United Kingdom, the industry is also keen to have a trade deal with the United States.

"Industry is very keen to have the FTAs because these are important enablers to participate in global value chains, which are 70 per cent of the global trade. So, the industry is very much looking forward to it," CII President and ITC MD Sanjiv Puri said.

"We know that both the other FTAs are strong focuses of the govern...