US EditionEU, India to Sign Major Trade Deal
The EU-India deal covers free trade, defence, and strategic cooperation, aiming to counter US tariffs and Chinese export controls with $139 billion in goods trade growth over 10 years.
- On Tuesday, an EU‑India summit in New Delhi is widely expected to announce a landmark free trade deal covering nearly a quarter of global GDP, with European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attending.
- Negotiations revived in 2022 and accelerated last year after US tariffs prompted India and the 27-nation EU to fast-track talks, following a 2013 suspension over market access, tariffs and regulation.
- Trade in goods �120bn in 2024 and services �60bn , with India on course to be the fourth-largest economy this year, EU figures show.
- The pact would boost both Brussels and New Delhi as they seek new markets to offset US tariffs, and officials say it could deepen ties amid growing trade disruption linked to Washington's tariff policies.
- On Monday, European Union leaders were guests of honour at India's Republic Day parade, which featured air‑defence systems used in last year's four‑day conflict with Pakistan.
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The agreement arrived at the signing after 20 years of negotiations concerns a market of 2 billion people. Excluding the sensitive sectors of agriculture, for example:
After Mercosur, the EU is concluding another agreement for a gigantic free trade area. It is also a sign to US President Trump - and far less controversial.
A summit between India and the EU has been held – where the parties have reportedly agreed on a “groundbreaking” free trade agreement. On Tuesday, Indian Prime Minister Modi and European Commission President von der Leyen are expected to make a joint announcement about the agreement.
‘Mother of all deals’: India-EU partnership emerges as geopolitical stabiliser in fractured world
With US President Donald Trump using tariffs as a tool of diplomacy leading to a distortion in the decades-old world order, the India-EU trade deal signals a new beginning in geopolitical ties. With the agreement, India and the EU have strengthened their hand in negotiations with economic superpowers that may be tempted to arm-twist them.
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