British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he aims for an India trade deal to be implemented as soon as “humanly possible” as he kicked off a two-day visit on Wednesday, accompanied by over a hundred leaders from business, cultural, and academic sectors.

Britain and India signed a free trade agreement in July during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sealing a deal to cut tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky and cars, and allow more market access for businesses.

Talks on the trade pact were concluded in May after three years of stop-start negotiations, with both sides hastening efforts to clinch a deal in the shadow of tariff turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The deal between the world’s fifth- and sixth-largest economies aims to increase bilateral trade by a

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