00:00Obviously, this is a two-parter, if you like.
00:02We had Prime Minister Modi over to the United Kingdom earlier this year
00:06to sign the FTA, the free trade agreement that we agreed.
00:11And today is the return leg of that, if you like.
00:13That FTA is really important for us.
00:17It's the biggest deal that we've struck since we left the EU.
00:21And I think it's the biggest deal that India has ever struck.
00:24So hugely important.
00:26I'll tell you how it all started.
00:27Prime Minister Modi and I at the G20 last November sat down
00:30and asked each other one-to-one,
00:32did we really want to press ahead with this?
00:34And if we did, would we knock the barriers out of the way and get on with it?
00:38And six months later, we had the agreement.
00:41We signed it in July.
00:43And it provides huge opportunities.
00:46I've asked the team to implement it as quickly as humanly possible
00:49so that it's in place.
00:51But I think it's already changed the mood music, frankly.
00:53I think the opportunities are already opening up.
00:57The contact has already increased.
00:59Trade with India went up hugely in the last 12 months and climbing.
01:05So I think there's real opportunities here.
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