For FTA to succeed, Indian industry must be on board: Australian Envoy
The Hindu
Barry O’ Farrell also expressed Australian support for the Indian proposal for a patent waiver for Covid vaccine, a turnaround of sorts.
Indian industry must get behind free trade talks for them to go forward, says Australian High Commissioner ahead of an expected resumption of talks on the (CECA), which ran aground in 2015. He also expressed Australian support for the Indian proposal for a patent waiver for Covid vaccine, a turnaround of sorts. Well, the good news is that both Prime Ministers have committed to [during bilateral talks] in June last year. Discussions between officials are going on but the ongoing COVID restrictions on travel- have slowed progress somewhat. The Australian Minister of Trade had been hopeful of making a trip in April or May. One of the issues that is being addressed is the point from which they should start, [picking up from 2015, when talks were suspended] or start at Ground Zero? In a post COVID world, the sooner we have clearer lines of economic engagement, which is what a free trade agreement delivers, the stronger both our economies will become, so we are looking forward to the resumption.
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