India-EU Summit
India and the European Union are two of the most important power blocks for global trade and geostrategic order. India’s ties with the 27-member bloc has deepened in recent decades, both at the levels of the group and individual member countries.
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Porsche, Mini Cooper… :European cars to get cheaper in India as FTA cuts tariffs from 110% to 10%
Fp Business Desk •Under the agreement, India will gradually slash tariffs on imported cars from a peak rate of 110 per cent to as low as 10 per cent, according to details released by the European Commission. The duties on auto components will be eliminated entirely over a five-to-ten-year period
A strategic confluence: Why the India-EU trade deal matters
Ninad D Sheth •The India-EU trade deal is less about romance than realism. Like the sangam, it brings together two currents that need each other more than they admit
India–EU FTA's biggest dividend is not trade; it's co-creation: Febi secretary general | Exclusive
Rajat Mishra •Joint manufacturing, R&D, and green technologies could unlock millions of jobs and reshape India–Europe ties
‘Market access and immigration’: US says India came out ‘on top’ of FTA with EU
Fp Staff •In an early reaction to the India-EU deal, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said India had come out on top in the negotiations. He mocked the European Union for importing low-cost labour from India, contrasting it with the Donald Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the United States.
UP, Maharashtra, Kerala and more… How these states stand to gain from India-EU trade deal
Fp Explainers •India and the European Union have concluded negotiations on the historic free trade agreement (FTA) that is expected to deliver a Rs 6.4-lakh-crore boost to Indian exports to the European Union. The trade deal is especially poised to benefit 12 Indian states — from Uttar Pradesh to Kerala
India-EU free trade deal to save Europe €4 billion a year on import duties
Dheeraj Kumar •The European Commission said the savings will come as India cuts or eliminates tariffs on 96.6 per cent of EU goods exports, sharply reducing levies across key sectors such as automobiles, machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and agri-food products
India–EU FTA to benefit Rs 6.4 lakh crore exports across key states and sectors, says Piyush Goyal
Fp Staff •Exports worth Rs 6.4 lakh crore are expected to gain a major boost under the India–EU Free Trade Agreement, as Indian goods secure access to all 27 European Union markets through a single trade framework, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said.
Is India-EU free trade deal bigger than China-Asean FTA? Commerce ministry says…
•After the India-EU Free Trade Agreement's (FTA), the Union Commerce Ministry said that it would be one of the largest trade deals in the world. As for comparisons with the China-Asean trade deal, it highlighted that Asean is a group of 10 countries, not a customs union like the EU.
PM Modi discusses Ukraine, global issues with Costa, Ursula during India-EU Summit talks
Fp Staff •In his remarks after concluding talks at the India-EU Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he discussed the war in Ukraine, the situation in West Asia, and other global issues with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
From trade deal to skill mobility & defence partnership: Full 13 outcomes of India-EU Summit
Fp Staff •While the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was indeed the most consequential item on the agenda, India and the European Union (EU) also signed agreements about the mobility of skilled workers and a defence partnership. Here are all 13 outcomes of the India-EU Summit.