India-UK Relations

[ezsasa]

This is what happens when colonialism is not taught in their schools.

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Former National Security Adviser and Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch says UK has a “warm and fuzzy” view of India, but India is “ruthlessly unsentimental.”

He doubts a UK-India trade deal is possible (that’s not exactly what his former colleagues are saying).

 

[gajapati]

This is what happens when colonialism is not taught in their schools.

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Former National Security Adviser and Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch says UK has a “warm and fuzzy” view of India, but India is “ruthlessly unsentimental.”

He doubts a UK-India trade deal is possible (that’s not exactly what his former colleagues are saying).

There is a pro EU lobby in UK which was against brexit . UK now diversifying its economic relations ... A trade deal with India is seen as the ultimate post-Brexit prize ... So lobby is against it . And i ll nt be surprised if there is some money from china flowing there . If trade deal is in interest of india then we should avoid what some lords and sirs say .

 

[ezsasa]

There is a pro EU lobby in UK which was against brexit . UK now diversifying its economic relations ... A trade deal with India is seen as the ultimate post-Brexit prize ... So lobby is against it . And i ll nt be surprised if there is some money from china flowing there . If trade deal is in interest of india then we should avoid what some lords and sirs say .

there has been project of sorts by Carnegie India called policy xchange over the past year, they were trying to explore and give official inputs to both GoI and UK Gov on areas of co-operation. their reports should be available online. yesterday's event was part of culmination of that project.

my opinions are based on what i gathered from these engagements. one of these engagements, i have posted in think tank thread. and my observation is that, both govts are pursuing a limited scope.

for example :

£23bn bilateral trade target by 2035 is laughable.

Britain said the deal could almost double British exports to India, and boost total trade between the countries by £28bn per year by 2035. Total trade in 2019 was worth £23bn.

UK and India launch trade talks 'worth billions'

Britain says a deal could be worth billions of pounds and almost double exports to India by 2035.

www.bbc.com

 

[ezsasa]

Looks like Boris's day 1 agenda is to get investments from India.
Investments ke liye kuch bhi karega..
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Colourful and cultural welcome for British PM Boris Johnson at the Adani Township ahead of his meeting with Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani

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It took them 75 years to pick up the courage. Or is it fortuitous circumstances.
First UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

 

[Love Charger]

Looks like Boris's day 1 agenda is to get investments from India.
Investments ke liye kuch bhi karega..
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Colourful and cultural welcome for British PM Boris Johnson at the Adani Township ahead of his meeting with Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani

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It took them 75 years to pick up the courage. Or is it fortuitous circumstances.
First UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

He has atrocious handwriting
I wonder how he became their prime minister ?
@Spitfire9

 

[Tshering22]

Looks like Boris's day 1 agenda is to get investments from India.
Investments ke liye kuch bhi karega..
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Colourful and cultural welcome for British PM Boris Johnson at the Adani Township ahead of his meeting with Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani

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It took them 75 years to pick up the courage. Or is it fortuitous circumstances.
First UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

I fully support a strong FTA between them and us. See, the modern Brit is probably as fed up with the liberal-woke-imperialistic crap that their satrangi-feminist-labour party trio keeps harping about. They want to have a good trade deal and if they are ready to give us the stuff that we want, then why not? This is no longer a vertical partnership but a lateral one.

Britain under the Conservatives is a friendly country - at least, as friendly as the Anglo-Saxons can be. The FTA will allow an increased inflow of investments bidirectionally. The only concern to note here is that the Conservatives are not doing well right now if their media is to be believed (can't say who's accurate). The Liberals (not our Secular-Left types, but really Liberal) are not such a big force and Labour Party is a proto-Jihadi-Marxist party.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Britain and India aim for free trade deal by October, says Johnson

Britain and India agreed on Friday to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October.

www.reuters.com

Britain and India aim for free trade deal by October, says Johnson

 

[Swesh]

List of MoUs exchanged during the official visit of Prime Minister of UK to India
April 22, 2022

G2G MoUs exchanged

• MoU on Implementation of Global Innovation Partnership between Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK
• MoU on Cooperation on Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership between Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK

Non-Governmental MoUs

• MoU on establishment of short term Chair at Birmingham City University between ICCR and Birmingham City University
• Joint Declaration of Intent for cooperation in the field of Offshore Wind Development between the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, (OREC)
• Memorandum of Understanding on the creation of The Chevening/Adani Scholarships on Artificial Intelligence between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office– British High Commission New Delhi and the Adani Group
• MoU on satellite launch programme between New Space India Limited (NSIL) and OneWeb

New Delhi
April 22, 2022

Credit: https://mea.gov.in/bilateral-docume...ficial_visit_of_Prime_Minister_of_UK_to_India

 

[KurtisBrian]

Britain and India aim for free trade deal by October, says Johnson

Britain and India agreed on Friday to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October.

www.reuters.com

Britain and India aim for free trade deal by October, says Johnson

hmm seems the house of Orange and the Orange lodge are returning to India. England was trading in India until those Orange men usurped control in 1688. Affairs with India changed after that. Enjoy their return.

 

[srevster]

hmm seems the house of Orange and the Orange lodge are returning to India. England was trading in India until those Orange men usurped control in 1688. Affairs with India changed after that. Enjoy their return.

Except this time there are Indian companies operating in UK.

 

[srevster]

hmm seems the house of Orange and the Orange lodge are returning to India. England was trading in India until those Orange men usurped control in 1688. Affairs with India changed after that. Enjoy their return.

Why do you assume exploitation is uni-directional?

 

[Swesh]

 

[Swesh]

 

[gajapati]

India uk will collaborate on combat aircraft design, marine propulsion and jet engine technology .
intensifying cooperation on joint research, co design and production of emerging defence systems, with the UK assuring that the highest level of access to technology will be given to the Indian industry in coming days.

India, UK to work on fighter jet, engines, marine projects

Talks on the defence front focused on intensifying cooperation on joint research, co design and production of emerging defence systems, with the UK assuring that the highest level of access to technology will be given to the Indian industry in coming days.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

This is very significant development with respect to india's defence sector .

 

[Swesh]

British Indian vote considered main reason for Conservatives’ only council gain in UK local elections - Times of India

UK News: LONDON: Whilst the Conservatives may have lost nearly 500 seats and 11 councils in local elections, the one big surprise of the night — the Conservati.

m.timesofindia.com

 

[Varoon2]

Don't fall for "The Economist" and its current praise of Modi.

Why 'The Economist' praising PM Modi is a trap: Why you should not play their game and how they are the enemy

For supporters of Prime Minister Modi, the article by The Economist praising India may feel like a moment of vindication - But it's not | OpIndia News

www.opindia.com

 

[Butter Chicken]

 

[Tshering22]

I welcome all collaboration with UK and the West. But with internal checks and balances. That's where we have been lacking historically. If anything, China can be a good teacher here.

 

[ladder]

He has atrocious handwriting
I wonder how he became their prime minister ?
@Spitfire9

Calligraphy experts ko banado PM phir....
As in western schooling system children are switching to typing on a PC at a very early stage ( partly due to Corona), bad handwriting will be a norm in the future.

 

[Love Charger]

Calligraphy experts ko banado PM phir....
As in western schooling system children are switching to typing on a PC at a very early stage ( partly due to Corona), bad handwriting will be a norm in the future.

Thoda ghuma ke to likh sakta hai na