Goyal, Australian trade minister holds talk to expedite FTA negotiations

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Australian counterpart Dan Tehan have held talks on December 21 to expedite talks for the proposed free trade agreement, which aimed at enhancing economic ties between the countries.
"The ministers appreciated the progress made in various rounds of talks between the chief negotiators of both sides and discussed the way forward for an early conclusion of the interim agreement," the commerce ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Both sides also directed the officials to speed up the negotiations to pave the way for a comprehensive agreement, which is officially dubbed as the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).