India, U.K. ink trade pact, expand cooperation

Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)

India–U.K. Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed on 24^th July 2025, during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.K where he met U.K. PM Keir Starmer.
The deal was announced in May 2025, more than three years after negotiations were relaunched.
Mr. Modi said the deal would benefit Indian farmers, the MSME sector, Indian footwear and jewellery exports, as well as seafood and engineering goods sectors.
It will provide easier access for British medical devices and aerospace parts (
The deal is also good for British workers in cutting edge manufacturing, whisky distillers across Scotland and the service sector in London, Manchester, and Leeds.
The deal was Britain’s ‘biggest’ trade deal since Brexit (Britain’s 2016 departure from the EU).

‘India-U.K. Vision 2035’

Also, ‘Roadmap 2030’ was replaced with the ‘India-U.K. Vision 2035’ framework.

Double Contributions Convention (DCC).

India and the U.K. also agreed to negotiate a reciprocal Double Contributions Convention (DCC)
This agreement would ensure that employers and employees working across borders, for up to three years, would pay social contributions only in one country at a given time.
The current exemption period is for one year.

Global & Strategic Cooperation

Commitment to reform multilateral institutions (UN, UNSC, Commonwealth, WTO, WHO, IMF, World Bank).
U.K. supports India’s bid for permanent UNSC membership.
Both sides reiterated zero tolerance for terrorism and enhanced cooperation on extradition of economic offenders.