30 agreements to be signed; they violate public interest say activists

the seventh round of free trade negotiations between India and EU held at Brussels in mid-July ended in a deadlock after the negotiators disagreed on the modalities of the agreement. Fresh talks will be held in November to thresh out details of the free trade agreement (fta) to ease movement of goods and open up retail, services and insurance sectors in India to foreign investment.

Civil society groups including international humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (msf), warned the proposed agreement would endanger India