New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Trade ministers of India and the United Kingdom on Monday said their shared ambition is to double the bilateral trade by 2030 as both are committed to utilise mutually beneficial opportunities created under the free trade agreement that entered into force on July 15.

Jointly addressing corporate honchos at the business plenary of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) with British secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said, "2030 should not just reflect the end of this decade, it should be the beginning of much greater ambition."

While ministers did not give any particular number, government data available in the public domain suggests that ...