NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on a two-day visit to India , has termed the recently signed India–UK Free Trade Agreement the “best secured trade deal in British history” -- a landmark pact he described as a turning point in bilateral relations.

Positioning the deal as a catalyst for a new era of economic and strategic ties, Starmer vowed to fast-track its implementation “as soon as humanly possible,” a day ahead of his bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai.

Starmer accompanied by a high-powered delegation of British CEOs, university heads, entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders, signals a renewed push to fast-track the benefits of the FTA signed in July 2025. “We signed a major trade deal with India in July, the best secured by any country, but the

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