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UK and India close in on mega Brexit Britain trade deal that could turbocharge economy

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      The Prime Minister has said we’re now in a new era for trade and the economy, and that means going further and faster to strengthen the UK’s economy for working people’s pockets, and it also means strengthening our alliances and reducing barriers to trade with other economies around the world,
      The Independent
      he said
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      This Government is committed to doing the right deal with India which will improve access for UK businesses, cut tariffs, and make trade cheaper and easier.
      Daily Mail
      A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said
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      It's three years that these negotiations have been going on
      Daily Mail
      The peer, who is the UK chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce and a former president of the Confederation of British Industry, added
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      Both of them told me very, very clearly that we
      Daily Mail
      Lord Bilimoria told BBC Radio 4's Today programme
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      The business and trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will meet with the Indian Minister of Commerce in London today and tomorrow to progress negotiations on a UK/India free trade agreement,
      Reuters
      the spokesperson told reporters
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      Nirmala Sitharaman
      It is not as if we’re rushing into a U.K. [free trade agreement] because something is done by Trump in the U.S.,
      Politico Europe
      Sitharaman said
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      Vikram Doraiswami
      You can’t have measures that tilt the playing field against me after you come up with a trade deal,
      Politico Europe
      High Commissioner Doraiswami said
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      We need some clarification on your carbon border tax on steel and cement, because steel and cement will be important for us to sell you,
      Politico Europe
      Tharoor said
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      Vikram Doraiswami
      Essentially, what we’re really looking for is something that you have with other countries which allows people who are already paying to their pension pots back home in India [to] be exempted for the period of their stay here,
      Politico Europe
      Doraiswami told Times Radio earlier this month, adding
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      Interestingly, it’s [the U.K. Department for Business and Trade] rather than the Indian side sounding more positive about the deal being close,
      Politico Europe
      said a third person close to the talks
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      Once you have a trade deal, there must be an even playing field for both sides,
      Politico Europe
      he added