FTA with India will require more negotiations: EU

11 Feb 2013 Evaluate

The European Union (EU) has underlined the need of more negotiations to sort out the remaining issues before a free trade agreement (FTA) with India is signed. During a special summit in Brussels, the EU leaders expressed the importance of building up bilateral trade relations with key emerging economies such as India, which could be 'very beneficial for promoting growth and employment'.

As per the European Union leaders, it remained committed to further development of the multilateral trading system and its immediate focus is on developing bilateral trade relations, which can make a positive contribution to the multilateral system. The EU leaders stressed the need for ‘prioritizing, those negotiations that will provide most benefit in terms of growth and jobs. Further, the heads of state and government of the EU recommended that all efforts should be made to pursue agreements with key partners and build the tangible progress through the EU's bilateral trade agenda.

Concerned over jobs and growth in European region, the EU leaders said that the European Council looks forward to the report of the EU-US high level working group on jobs and growth and its recommendations. The European Commission and the European Council are advised by them to follow up on these recommendations without delay during the current presidency, they added. Moreover, to achieve greater trans-Atlantic regulatory convergence, the EU leaders also reaffirmed support for a comprehensive trade agreement.

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