‘India-UK FTA Finalized 10 Days Ago’: High Commissioner Doraiswami Reveals Inside Story | Exclusive

‘India-UK FTA Finalized 10 Days Ago’: High Commissioner Doraiswami Reveals Inside Story | Exclusive
July 26, 2025

What went into finalising the historic Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) or free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom (UK)? Why was Chequers, not London, picked as the venue?

From how the terms of the 30-chapter-long agreement were finalized 10 days before PM Narendra Modi’s UK visit to how UK PM Keir Starmer was to visit India in the third week of July for the signing, Vikram Doraiswami, High Commissioner of India to the UK, shared exclusive insights with CNN-News18’s Anand Narasimhan.

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