US EditionPM Modi Hosts 16th EU-India Summit Today: Trade, Defence, Mega FTA — What’s on the Agenda?
The India–EU deal includes tariff cuts on over 90% of goods, a strategic defence pact, and uncapped student mobility across 27 EU countries, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa in India to advance an ambitious FTA and strategic defence pact.
- Negotiations relaunched in June 2022 underpin the summit's trade push after talks stalled in 2013, and EU officials say a concluded FTA would create a market of nearly two billion people.
- Officials plan to launch a Security of Information Agreement and sign a mobility memorandum for Indian workers, alongside sectoral pacts, while unveiling a Security and Defence Partnership and strategic defence pact.
- As a bloc, the European Union is India's largest trading partner in goods, with Indian exports about USD 76 billion and imports at USD 60 billion in the 2024‑25 financial year.
- India's hosting of EU leaders signals a diplomatic tilt amid U.S. unpredictability, with officials expecting the summit to address Russia's war and threats to the rules‑based international order.
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The Pact is intended to cover a quarter of the global economic performance, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi says. In a next step, a partnership in the field of defence is targeted.
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