United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in India with a sprawling delegation of leading British CEOs, entrepreneurs and university vice-chancellors on a visit his government says is intended to “turbocharge” trade between the countries.

The two-day trade mission to India, which began in Mumbai on Wednesday, is intended to promote trade and business opportunities between India and the UK – the world’s fifth and sixth largest economies, respectively – as both countries seek to realign their trading relationships in the wake of stiff tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump’s administration.

In August, the US slapped 50 percent tariffs on goods from India in response to New Delhi’s trade with Russia, specifically its vast consumption of Russian oil, while the

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