New Delhi, April 28 -- The India-European Union free trade talks have gathered pace with both partners starting sector-specific negotiations for the first time after narrowing chapter-wise differences, but their key disagreement over "sustainability" issues persists, which they hope to address in the forthcoming 11th round of talks starting next week in New Delhi, according to people in the know.
Significant achievements have been made on core chapters related to market access, hence sector-specific discussions have been initiated, starting with the automotive and medical devices industries, they said requesting anonymity. Market access is core to any FTA and the proposed India-EU free trade talks have built a "considerable" consensus on s...