This chapter promotes SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) participation in trade through commitments on transparency and information-sharing, and includes provisions that encourage co-operation to reduce trade barriers that SMEs may otherwise face. This co-operation will include setting up contact points and facilitating the exchange of best practice that make it easier for SMEs to enter the market. The UK and India will also make trade information accessible online and easier to understand, so that SMEs can clearly understand and navigate the other country’s systems and processes.

Tackling these barriers will help UK SMEs export to and import from India, leveraging the trade deal’s opportunities to drive UK economic growth.