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On 24 February 2025, the UK Department for Business and Trade confirmed that negotiations towards a trade deal between the UK and India have resumed.
The previous UK government entered negotiations with India in 2022, but no agreement has been reached since. Following a bilateral meeting with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit in November 2024, UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer confirmed plans to relaunch UK-India trade talks in 2025.
Now, these talks have begun. In a joint statement, Shri Piyush Goyal, minister for commerce and industry of India, and Jonathan Reynolds MP, UK secretary of state for the Department for Business and Trade, confirmed that negotiations towards a trade deal have resumed.
The pair said: “India and the United Kingdom have a close partnership, built through collaboration on security and defence, new and emerging technologies, climate, health, education, research and innovation, green finance and people-to-people contacts. At the centre of this relationship is the collective aspiration to deliver economic growth and sustainable development. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS MANAGER
