Piyush Goyal meets EU Trade Commissioner to advance talks on proposed Free Trade Agreement
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday met the European Union’s Trade and Economic Security Commissioner, Mr Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday met the European Union’s Trade and Economic Security Commissioner, Mr Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels.
The meeting focused on reviewing progress on the India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations.
Russia on Thursday said that the European Union (EU) sanctions against Moscow are effectively working against Brussels itself, and the potential for their expansion has been exhausted.
NATO Defence Ministers are in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for two days of talks to agree on a training support mission for Ukraine as well as long-term financial commitments.
A court in Brussels found six out of 10 suspects guilty of "terrorist murder" in the March 2016 suicide bomb attacks that killed more than 30 people at the Belgian capital's airport and a metro station.
Johnson's visit came three days after Northern Ireland's two major parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein, agreed on a draft deal to restore a power-sharing government, breaking a three-year political deadlock in the region.
After the brief ceremony, the king joked that the process had been "quick, simple and painless,"
Johnson insists a trade deal with the EU can be in place by the end of the transition period, but critics say this timescale is unrealistic.
Earlier on Monday, PM Johnson spoke to US President Donald Trump in a telephonic conversation and discussed bilateral ties.
The Brexit issue is threatening to hurt Labour in its traditional working-class heartlands, which mostly voted to leave the EU.
