Sunday, November 6, 2016

British Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to India - mango and visa on the agenda


British Prime Minister Theresa May is on a visit to India and a couple of sensitive points on her agenda would presumably be visa for Indians and the acceptance of Indian mangoes by Britain. She has been given indirect hints that unless Britain changes its stand on issue of visas to Indians, it could miss out on trade deals.
The clear message to her is - post-Brexit, you need Indians.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 6 November 2016.
Prime Minister May is on a mission to drum up new trade deals with India to cushion the impact of leaving the EU. However, the Indians want a reversal of tough immigration measures that she had imposed on Indians when she was Home Secretary.
Moreover, she will also have to face calls to take a harder line on neighboring Pakistan's alleged link to global terror and also to allow more Indian mangoes to enter Britain. She has chosen India for her first trade mission as Prime Minister because, in the opinion of officials, the historic business links between the two will help British businesses to ride out the turbulence caused by leaving the EU. She will have a team of 33 business representatives with her on the tour.


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