By Ashok Gulati & Sulakshana Rao, Respectively distinguished professor and senior fellow at ICRIER

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India with a strong business contingent of 125 people augurs well for India. This is especially so when India is facing the tariff blow of 50% from US President Donald Trump . This is not only good diplomacy but also good business. Starmer himself said that the India-UK trade partnership, Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), is a “launchpad for growth”. Both countries are looking to deepen their partnership in various sectors ranging from defence and education to critical minerals. Let us try to dig deeper and see how India can gain from this, and where it should focus as far as trade between the two countries is concerned.

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