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India-UK free trade agreement to miss Diwali deadline, says report

Previous sticking points have included a steep import duty on British whiskey for sale in India and India's demand for more visas for Indian students and businesses.

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A free trade agreement between India and Britain will not be done in time for Diwali in late October, two sources in New Delhi told Reuters on Friday, although it was not immediately clear what was causing the delay.
 
Previous sticking points have included a steep import duty on British whiskey for sale in India and India's demand for more visas for Indian students and businesses.
 
After meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in April, then-British premier Boris Johnson said that the two leaders had agreed to get a deal done by the Hindu festival, which falls

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