US EditionSir Keir Starmer Visits India on ‘Launchpad for Growth’ Trade Mission
Keir Starmer leads a delegation of 125 UK business and cultural leaders aiming to boost bilateral trade by £25.5 billion annually and deepen the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
- Sir Keir Starmer has started the largest British trade mission to India, accompanied by 125 leaders from various sectors, promoting a new trade deal seen as a 'launchpad for growth.'
- The UK-India trade deal, signed in July, reduces average tariffs on British goods from 15% to 3%, aiming to boost the UK's economy by £4.8 billion annually, with significant benefits for the Scotch whisky industry.
- Calls have been made for Sir Keir to address the detention case of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British national who has been imprisoned in India since 2017, as emphasized by his family and legal supporters.
- New flight routes and collaboration between British cultural institutions and universities are part of the mission to strengthen UK-India relations.
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