India's 'most ambitious' trade deal with UK takes effect
07/15/2026 July 15, 2026 India-UK trade deal goes live India and UK's prime ministers signed the trade deal in England on July 24, 2025 Image
07/15/2026 July 15, 2026 India-UK trade deal goes live India and UK's prime ministers signed the trade deal in England on July 24, 2025 Image: Kin Cheung/Pool/REUTERS Nearly a year after it was signed, a landmark Free Trade Agreement between India and the United Kingdom took effect on Wednesday.
"The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Agreement on Social Security, have come into force, delivering, covering almost 100% of trade value," India's trade minister Piyush Goyal wrote on social media.
It also reduces 90% of tariffs on UK goods imported by India. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had called it "a new era for trade and the economy" while announcing the deal in 2025.
Negotiations on the deal began in 2022.
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