New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached the UK with the formal signing of the landmark India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) expected to be the key outcome of his two-day trip. Modi will hold wide-ranging talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. Starmer will host Modi at Chequers, the British prime…
Britain and India are set to formally sign a free trade agreement on Thursday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UK visit, following three years of negotiations. The deal then needs approvals from the British parliament and India’s federal cabinet, likely within a year. Here are the key points of the agreement: TARIFF CUTS India to…
As global economies navigate an increasingly protectionist and politically volatile era, the importance of sound, mutually beneficial trade agreements cannot be overstated. The recently concluded India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which is set to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the UK on Thursday, serves as a timely reminder that effective trade…
India and Britain will sign a free trade agreement on Thursday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UK visit, officials said, with New Delhi to ease tariffs on British whisky, cars and some food items, and the UK offering duty-free access to Indian textiles and electric vehicles. The pact, concluded in May after three years of…
NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared to depart for London, India and the UK seemed all set to sign a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with foreign secretary Vikram Misri saying the deal was undergoing “last-minute work”, including legal scrubbing.With discussions likely between Modi and his counterpart Keir Starmer on the Russia-Ukraine war…
The cabinet on Tuesday approved the free trade agreement between India and the UK, which will be signed in London on July 24, sources said. The pact, officially called as comprehensive economic and trade agreement, will be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to London. Modi’s four-day visit to the United Kingdom and the…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Keir Starmer will review progress under India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) with specific focus on trade and economy, technology, defence, security, education, and people to people exchanges in a bilateral meeting on July 24, said govt in an official announcement of the PM’s UK visit this week….
New Delhi: India and the UK are likely to formally sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next week with the final legal review of the pact currently underway. Both nations had reached the agreement in May. India expects 99% of its exports to the UK to have duty-free access. It also expects the FTA to…
This is representative AI image. NEW DELHI: India and the UK are likely to sign the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next week, according to officials.“The process of legal scrubbing of the FTA text is going on. It is expected to be signed next week,” an official told PTI.The trade agreement between the two countries…
India and the UK are expected to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next week, a pact which aims to boost trade and investment between the two countries, an official said. The two countries announced the conclusion of the negotiations on May 6. It will remove taxes on the export of labour-intensive products such as…