Aditya Kalra(@adityakalra):BREAKING: India assures it would honour a trade pact with Britain and resolve a dispute over Scotch tariffs, sources say. Pernod, Diageo, Radico, ABD to benefit Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal told attendees necessary steps being taken "so that the duty concession on bulk Scotch whisky is not impaired". In the first major dispute linked to the landmark India-UK trade pact, implemented in July, New Delhi in recent weeks launched investigations into major liquor companies and told them bulk Scotch imports were not eligible for the tariff cut to 75% from 150% agreed under the deal, Reuters has reported. With @Acharya0122, @Reuters

2026.11.02 14:03

BREAKING: India assures it would honour a trade pact with Britain and resolve a dispute over Scotch tariffs, sources say. Pernod, Diageo, Radico, ABD to benefit Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal told attendees necessary steps being taken "so that the duty concession on bulk Scotch whisky is not impaired". In the first major dispute linked to the landmark India-UK trade pact, implemented in July, New Delhi in recent weeks launched investigations into major liquor companies and told them bulk Scotch imports were not eligible for the tariff cut to 75% from 150% agreed under the deal, Reuters has reported. With @Acharya0122, @Reuters