As the United Kingdom is a priority country for the achievement of our ambitious $1-trillion export target by FY30, the government feels that India's exports to the UK is expected to reach $30

The Department of Commerce has welcomed the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement to resume the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks between India and the UK in early 2025, an official release stated on Wednesday.

India and the United Kingdom are set to resume Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks in early 2025, following a bilateral meeting between Prime Ministers Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi at the G20 Summit in Brazil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have agreed to resume negotiations on the India-UK Free Trade Agreement. The leaders aim to address remaining issues for a mutually beneficial agreement,

They underlined the importance of resuming the free trade agreement negotiations at an early date and expressed confidence in the ability of the negotiating teams, to address the remaining issues to mutual satisfaction,

In his first meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the importance of addressing the issue of economic offenders from India in the UK as the two leaders underlined the importance of resuming the Free Trade Agreement negotiations between their two nations at an early date.

A Downing Street spokesperson said the leaders “agreed to relaunch UK-India trade talks early next year” as part of measures to take forward the comprehensive strategic partnership.