India, March 12 -- For the first time since India became actively engaged in negotiating bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) two decades ago, the country's negotiators will have their hands full as the government has begun engaging with three major partners, the EU, the UK, and the US for early conclusion of FTAs. While the negotiations with the US should begin within weeks, the agreements with the EU and the UK appear to have reached a decisive phase following the visits by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British trade minister Jonathan Reynolds. Though India and its two prospective FTA partners were enthusiastic about the early conclusion of the FTAs even in the past, an added dose of urgency is being shown now....