What will be the impact of the EU-India trade pact?
In January 2026, India and the European Union finalized a major trade agreement. This agreement, described as one of the largest in history, arrives after both entities faced tariffs imposed by the United States.
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Open questions and key claims
Ursula von der Leyen said the EU and India are on the cusp of a historic trade agreement.
Negotiations had been wrapped up and the deal finalised.
India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement.
The agreement was dubbed the “mother of all deals” by both sides.
India and the European Union have agreed on a huge trade deal creating a free trade zone of two billion people.
Bilateral trade between India and the EU in goods has already grown by nearly 90 percent over the past decade, reaching 120 billion euros in 2024.
The deal between India and the 27-nation EU covers about 2 billion people.
The international order we relied upon for decades is no longer a given.
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