India is exploring mini trade deals with Australia and UK

India is likely to finalise mini trade deals with Australia and UK and hopes to conclude a similar deal with Canada after elections in that country are over, trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

“I am delighted to announce today Australia has kind of agreed to do an early harvest agreement with India. They had sent a special trade envoy, former prime minister Tony Abott with whom we had extensive discussions. I urge all of you to quickly assess which are the areas where we can finalise the early harvest with Australia, what are the areas of your interest, what are the areas where you can let go a little bit, and on a give and take basis, we can then close the Australian engagement. One early harvest with a large country like Australia from the developed world, will help us to engage with others, on similar lines," Goyal said while addressing the export promotion councils in Mumbai.