UK-India FTA

India-UK FTA: India and the United Kingdom inked a landmark free trade agreement, marking a historic day in bilateral relations between the two nations. From whisky to British cars, check what gets cheaper after the trade deal.

India and the UK have signed a Free Trade Agreement to boost bilateral trade to $120 billion by 2030. Business leaders hail it as a significant opportunity for collaboration across sectors like energy and technology, enhancing trade relationships and creating jobs.

The FTA offers duty-free access to the UK's $23 billion market, giving Indian MSMEs a strong advantage over other countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Pakistan in labour-intensive sectors such as leather and footwear, textiles and clothing, gems and jewellery, furniture, and sports goods.

India-UK FTA deal: India and the United Kingdom inked a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) on Thursday, 24 July 2025. PM Modi said this marked a historic day for bilateral relations between the two nations.

Indian carriers have filed for additional slots at Heathrow over the last many years but have never been granted slots. Will the high-level visit from the Prime Minister boost such efforts and help Air India and IndiGo launch more flights to London Heathrow?

During his two-day visit to the UK, PM Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer are likely to sign the historic free trade agreement between India and Britain that was announced earlier in May.

India sees innovation not as a by-product of trade, but as a deliberate area of cooperation.

A sharp rise in the issuance of Preferential Certificates of Origin to Indian exporters during FY25 signals growing utilization of tariff concessions under the free trade pacts. The certificate shows where a product was made so that it can get lower taxes when shipped to a nation under a trade deal.

With political backing from Modi and Starmer, Goyal’s talks aim to fast-track the long-pending FTA and deepen economic ties across trade, investment, and innovation.