The UK and India have agreed a trade deal that will make it easier for UK firms to export products to India and cut taxes on India's clothing and footwear exports. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described it as a "landmark deal" which will "boost growth and deliver for British people and business". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, this is a historic day for the United Kingdom and for India, because this is the
00:06biggest trade deal that we, the UK, have done since we left the EU, and it's the most ambitious
00:13trade deal that India has ever done, and this will be measured in billions of pounds into our
00:20economy and jobs across the whole of the United Kingdom. So it is a really important, significant
00:26day. And, look, it's been promised many times over the last eight years. Prime Minister Modi
00:32and I decided in Brazil last year that we would move at pace in relation to these negotiations.
00:39We've done that in a serious way, in a pragmatic way, and we're able to show that that's what
00:47delivers results. So I'm really pleased for working people across the country who will
00:52feel the benefits of this, of course, at an increasingly uncertain time in terms of trade
00:58and the economy across the world. So this is a very significant step, and I'm very pleased
01:02that we've got this far with this really significant trade agreement.