India was absent from two days of talks on a sprawling Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Indonesia that ended Tuesday, fueling speculation that it may withdraw from the negotiations, an Indonesian senior official said.India's senior official who normally would have participated in the meeting on Bali Island "didn't get any mandate from his minister (to attend) because his minister didn't get any mandate from (Indian) Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi," Indonesia's chief negotiator Donna Gultom, director of ASEAN Negotiations at the Trade Ministry, told Kyodo News.She did not elaborate.The 1…READ FULL ARTICLE
