This trip will be aimed at facilitating trade between India and UK.
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Theresa May is to fly to India next month for her first bilateral trip outside the EU since becoming prime minister, with her reception there seen as a key test of her ability to win backing for the UK’s future trading environment.
The three-day trade mission is intended to send a strong signal about the government’s priority for post-Brexit trade deals. During the EU referendum debate, Eurosceptics argued that a leave vote would readdress the balance of trade and migration that had been weighted in favour of Europe rather than the Commonwealth.
During the visit May will meet with the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to discuss strengthening links between the UK and India and encourage further inward investment in the UK. May will also visit businesses in Delhi along with her international trade secretary, Liam Fox.
“We have the chance to forge a new global role for the UK – to look beyond our continent and towards the economic and diplomatic opportunities in the wider world,” May said, announcing next month’s trip. “I am determined to capitalise on those opportunities, and as we embark on the trade mission to India, we will send the message that the UK will be the most passionate, most consistent and most convincing advocate for free trade.”
The prime minister said she wanted to shift the traditional approach to trade delegations. “We will be focusing on small and medium-sized businesses, and, importantly, the delegation will include representation from every region of the UK,” she said.
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Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit
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Theresa May is to fly to India next month for her first bilateral trip outside the EU since becoming prime minister, with her reception there seen as a key test of her ability to win backing for the UK’s future trading environment.
The three-day trade mission is intended to send a strong signal about the government’s priority for post-Brexit trade deals. During the EU referendum debate, Eurosceptics argued that a leave vote would readdress the balance of trade and migration that had been weighted in favour of Europe rather than the Commonwealth.
During the visit May will meet with the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to discuss strengthening links between the UK and India and encourage further inward investment in the UK. May will also visit businesses in Delhi along with her international trade secretary, Liam Fox.
“We have the chance to forge a new global role for the UK – to look beyond our continent and towards the economic and diplomatic opportunities in the wider world,” May said, announcing next month’s trip. “I am determined to capitalise on those opportunities, and as we embark on the trade mission to India, we will send the message that the UK will be the most passionate, most consistent and most convincing advocate for free trade.”
The prime minister said she wanted to shift the traditional approach to trade delegations. “We will be focusing on small and medium-sized businesses, and, importantly, the delegation will include representation from every region of the UK,” she said.
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Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit
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