INDIA-EU TRADE DEAL: Unlocking Opportunities & Empowering India
After 20 years of historic negotiations “The Mother of all Deals” has been finally signed, India and EU finalized a comprehensive Free Trade Pact in 27 th January 2026.The deal aims to significantly reduce or eliminate tariffs on more than 90% of the traded goods between the two nations, liberalize services, and deepen economic ties across different sectors like manufacturing, technology, and even climate initiatives. Together, India and the EU have the access of a market which accounts around 2 billion people and approximately 25% of the Global GDP, making this one deal the mother of all deals as quoted by the President of European Union Ursula Von Der Leyen. A DEAL DECADES IN THE MAKING: WHY INDIA- EU TALKS FINALLY CLICKED? When a trade deal takes two decades to negotiate, it’s not because negotiators are slow typers. It’s because the deal sits at the intersection of conflicting economic interests, domestic politics, and shifting global realities . For years, these forces pulled ...