{"id":660,"date":"2026-08-20T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizstory.in\/?p=660"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:42:59","slug":"india-eu-fta-legal-scrubbing-completed-signing-expected-by-year-end-govt-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizstory.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/india-eu-fta-legal-scrubbing-completed-signing-expected-by-year-end-govt-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"India-EU FTA legal scrubbing completed, signing expected by year-end: Govt sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The India-<a href=\"\/topic\/european-union\">European Union<\/a> Free Trade Agreement (FTA) remains on track for signing before the end of this year, with the legal scrubbing of the deal completed, government sources said on Thursday.According to the sources, internal approvals and translation processes are currently underway on the <a href=\"\/topic\/european-union\">European Union<\/a> side&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: ANI-aninews.in<br>(Read Full Story At)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/aninews.in\/news\/business\/india-eu-fta-legal-scrubbing-completed-signing-expected-by-year-end-govt-sources20260820171517\">https:\/\/aninews.in\/news\/business\/india-eu-fta-legal-scrubbing-completed-signing-expected-by-year-end-govt-sources20260820171517<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) remains on track &hellip; <a title=\"India-EU FTA legal scrubbing completed, signing expected by year-end: Govt sources\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bizstory.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/india-eu-fta-legal-scrubbing-completed-signing-expected-by-year-end-govt-sources\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India-EU FTA legal scrubbing completed, signing expected by year-end: Govt sources<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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