The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), signed in July last year, is likely to come into force in the next 30-45 days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Peter Kyle, UK’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on the sidelines of the 14th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month in Cameroon.
“The United Kingdom is also very pleased at the speed with which the India-UK Free Trade Agreement passed both Houses of Parliament… and we are also looking at a possible entry into force of the agreement over the next 30 to 45 days,” he told reporters here.
India and the UK, on July 24, 2025, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) under which 99 per cent of Indian exports will enter the British market at ‘zero’ duty, while tariffs on British products such as cars and whisky will be reduced in India.
The following are the other developments on free trade agreements that Ind