The UK government has hit back against claims by opposition parties that the newly-agreed trade deal with India could disadvantage British workers. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC there was “no situation” in which he would “ever tolerate” British workers being undercut as a result of a trade agreement. One part of the deal...
It has long been the great prize for Britain’s post-EU trade freedom – a deal with what is now the world’s most populous country. India has agreed its most generous free trade agreement with the UK, which is at the same time Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal. It means a big boost for key UK...
Michael Race & Jennifer Meierhans Business reporters Getty Images The UK and India have agreed a trade deal to make it cheaper and easier to buy and sell goods and services to one another. The hope is that the deal will benefit the economies of both countries. The British government said the deal was the...