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The India-U.K “free trade” agreement will significantly improve market access and will boost bilateral trade by around $34 billion annually, said the British government

Updated - July 24, 2025 12:02 pm IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed upon his arrival in U.K., on July 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PMO via PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United Kingdom on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) evening, kicking off the first leg of his two-nation tour, as India and the U.K. prepare to sign a “free trade” agreement (FTA) on Thursday (July 24, 2025).

During the visit, PM Modi and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are expected to review ties, with the sides discussing technology, investment, climate, defence, trade, and migration. PM Modi is also scheduled to meet Britain’s monarch, King Charles III.

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The India-U.K FTA will significantly improve market access and will boost bilateral trade by around $34 billion annually, the British government said on Thursday (July 24, 2025), hours before formalising the landmark deal. The two Prime Ministers will also unveil an “U.K.-India Vision 2035” to take their partnership to new heights in a time of rapid global change.

The FTA, billed as the UK’s most economically significant bilateral trade deal since leaving the European Union, will be signed in the presence of PM Modi and his British counterpart Keir Starmer.

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July 24, 2025 12:05
FTA, U.K.-India Vision 2035 mark step-change in bilateral ties: Foreign Secretary Lammy
Besides a “significant and comprehensive” Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be signed between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer, an “ambitious” new U.K.-India Vision 2035 agreement will also be agreed upon between the leaders on Thursday (July 24, 2025) to mark a “step-change” in bilateral ties for the next decade, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said.
In an interview with PTI to coincide with PM Modi’s visit to the U.K., the senior U.K. Cabinet Minister said the pact will build on the FTA to unlock new opportunities that strengthen defence cooperation and drive innovation between both economies.
Mr. Lammy said the U.K. is “thrilled” that PM Modi is visiting to sign the FTA, the most “significant” bilateral trade deal for Britain since leaving the European Union and the “most comprehensive” agreement India has ever signed.
- PTI
July 24, 2025 12:02
India-U.K. trade deal to be inked today
India and the U.K. prepare to sign a “free trade” agreement (FTA) on Thursday (July 24, 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are expected to review ties, with the sides discussing technology, investment, climate, defence, trade, and migration. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet Britain’s monarch, King Charles III.
“The leaders will unveil their vision for a modern, reinvigorated partnership over the next decade – The UK-India Vision 2035,” a U.K. government statement said. This newly packaged and extended framework appears to have replaced the ‘2030 Roadmap’ announced by India and the U.K. in 2021, during former (Conservative) U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s tenure.
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Modi begins U.K. visit, trade deal to be inked today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the U.K. to sign a free trade agreement, strengthen ties, and meet with leaders.