The highlight of PM Modi's visit will be the signing of the India-UK FTA, which has been under negotiation for three years. This agreement is expected to eliminate tariffs on 99% of Indian exports to the UK and reduce tariffs on 90% of British products.
The highlight of PM Modi's visit will be the signing of the India-UK FTA, which has been under negotiation for three years. This agreement is expected to eliminate tariffs on 99% of Indian exports to the UK and reduce tariffs on 90% of British products.
Former diplomat Mahesh Sachdev said PM Modi's UK visit could lead to a key free trade deal, boosting trade and investment. He highlighted India's economic strength, UK's post-Brexit needs, and said the agreement could deepen ties and stabilise UK's approach towards India.
"The free trade agreement ...essentially the substantive negotiations finished on the 6th of May. The scrubbing work is underway. It would, of course, not be proper for me to speculate about when it will be signed, but the important point is that the text must be completely ready for it to b
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks for his fourth visit to the UK later this week, India-UK ties have seen new energy, with the finalization of the much awaited Free Trade Agreement.
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Deputy Trade Commissioner for South Asia at the British High Commission, Anna Shotbolt has said that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement is projected to increase bilateral trade between the two countries by £25.5 billion every year.
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Anna Shotbolt, Deputy Trade Commissioner for South Asia at the British High Commission, said that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement is projected to increase bilateral trade between the two countries by £25.5 billion every year.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday interacted with the managing committee and senior members of ASSOCHAM in Mumbai where he encouraged business to look for the opportunities that India's recent Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have opened up.
This comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a statement, acknowledged that TRF under US anti-terrorism laws, had claimed responsibility for the Pahalagam terror attack, and in light of this, it accorded the group the status of FTO and SDGT.