Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the negotiations to review the free trade agreements (FTAs) implemented with Japan, Korea, and Asean are moving slow but India is pursuing those talks. He said these agreements were signed and implemented during the UPA regime.
He added these pacts are hurting the domestic industry and almost all firms stated that they are 'unfair' agreements. He also said ‘I am helpless as those agreements (came into effect) before we came to power. I am helpless to change it until we close the negotiations’.
He further said ‘We are under re-negotiations but obviously when they (Japan, Korea, Asean) realise that the Congress's agreement was better for them (Japan, Korea, Asean), they are happier to keep that rather than change the agreements... they are going very slow, (but) we are also pursuing’.
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