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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first official visit to India was no routine handshake tour. Backed by the ink-dry trade deal signed in July, the trip delivered concrete gains in trade, investment, and defence cooperation while carefully steering clear of politically sensitive visa debates. The headlines were clear. A record 126-strong British business delegation accompanied Starmer, securing £1.3 billion in investment pledges from 64 Indian companies. The UK government clai

President Trump’s latest tariff hikes, some as high as 50% on Indian goods, have thrown a wrench into U.S. - India trade flows. For exporters in textiles, gems, machinery, and even renewables, the U.S. market suddenly looks unpredictable, expensive, and politically fraught. Indian solar firms have gone so far as to say America is “not worth the risk.” For the UK and Europe, however, this is an unexpected opening. Trade rarely tolerates uncertainty. When one market shuts the d

In what could not be more timely for a battered British economy, the UK–US Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) is on the verge of coming into...