BANGKOK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - India is going to continue talks
on an Asia-wide trade deal that is being discussed at a summit
of regional leaders in Bangkok and which Thailand has said will
be signed next year, Australia's trade minister said on Monday.
The comments threw new doubt over the participation of India
in the China-backed 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) despite a Thai official saying that India was
part of the agreement.
"My understanding is... that India is going to continue
discussions and negotiations. Our door is always open to India,"
Australia's Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham told reporters
in Bangkok when asked whether India would sign-on to the RCEP.