Theresa May visited India this week, apparently to discuss trade deals but was met with a blunt response about allowing many more Indians to come here to study.
The BBC are reporting this but the more interesting stuff is in the analysis by Simon Jack (HERE) below the main news item. Trade deals with India are going to be extraordinarily difficult. The EU has been trying for years but India is just as protectionist behind its tariff barriers as the EU is and if the EU with 500 million customers can't persuade India to be more open it's hard to see how we will do it.
One of the problems is that no one knows what our future trading relationship with Europe is likely to be and for all Liam Fox's attempts the EU are still standing by the position that no trade talks can even start before we have left (see HERE). Compare this with Chris Grayling's promise that:
“We would immediately be able to start negotiating new trade deals… which could enter into force immediately after the UK leaves the EU” – (HERE)
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