Recommendation 2

The most immediate benefits are concentrated in goods sectors facing historically high Indian tariffs, particularly spirits and automotives, where the Agreement delivers commercially significant and predictable market access for the first time. The Agreement also delivers new market access in government procurement, with India opening its central government procurement market for the first time. At the same time, the Agreement preserves the UK’s existing sanitary and phytosanitary protections, does not compromise a closer SPS deal with the EU and ensures that market access gains are not achieved at the expense of domestic standards. (Conclusion, Paragraph 50)