India and UK to press ahead with talks on free trade deal
by Heather Stewart in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5YEBN)
Narendra Modi hails good progress' as Boris Johnson signals he is willing to make concessions on immigration
India and the UK will press ahead with talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, Boris Johnson and the Indian premier, Narendra Modi, have said, after the UK made clear it was willing to make immigration part of any deal.
The pair appeared to differ on how rapidly an agreement could be made - Johnson suggested it could be ready by the festival of Diwali in late October, but Modi pointed to the end of the year.
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