Chile FTA talks nearing conclusion, Canada talks making progress: Goyal

India is negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with several countries and groups, with talks with Chile "quite ripe" for conclusion and negotiations with Canada making good progress, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. He said that negotiations with the South Africa-led SACU (Southern African Customs Union) group have started. The two have inked terms of reference (ToR) to formally start negotiations towards a preferential trade agreement in August. The five members of SACU are Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. "I can see Chile's quite ripe for conclusion; Canada is making very good progress. We have just started SACU negotiations, so it may take some time (for conclusion)," Goyal told reporters here. He was here for a two-day official visit. Talking about other pacts, he said Mexico is "very" keen to have an early harvest trade agreement. He expressed hope that the continuity of the government in Brazil following the