India's Modi, Britain's Starmer push for benefits from trade deal to add jobs

9/10/2025 16:49

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British counterpart Keir Starmer hailed the potential on Thursday of their months-old trade deal to transform commercial links, as London unveiled further Indian investment in Britain.



Starmer is in the financial capital of Mumbai on a two-day visit to India, joined by more than a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors, as he rushes to harvest the trade deal signed in July.



The deal agreed to cut tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky and cars, and allow more market access for businesses in the world's fifth- and sixth-largest economies, aiming to boost two-way trade by a further 25.5 billion pounds ($34 billion) by 2040.



Starmer's visit, accompanied by the largest-ever business delegation, "reflects the new energy and broad vision" in the partnership, Modi said after talks with the British prime minister.