Beyond tariffs: India-EU FTA text focuses on services, sustainability, intellectual property rights and digital trade

The new provisions ensure that the partnership decisively goes beyond tariff reduction and focuses on regulatory alignment and rule-setting across all key sectors | Photo credit: Oleksii Liskonih The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement marks a significant shift in the depth of economic engagement and introduces far-reaching obligations in the areas of sustainability and labor, […]

Budget will promote competitiveness

Budget 2026 places renewed emphasis on the labour-intensive textile sector, especially in the context of new market access opportunities arising from the recently concluded free trade agreements with the UK and the European Union | Photo credit: PERIASAMY M India’s ambition to achieve developed economy status by 2047 has sharpened policy focus on long-term sustainable […]

‘Both sides have done their best to reduce differences’: India, EU urge officials to speed up FTA negotiations; This is what the Commerce Ministry said – The Times of India

India and the European Union have asked their officials to resolve outstanding issues and expedite negotiations to finalize the proposed free trade agreement, PTI reported in an official statement issued on Saturday.Minister of Trade and Industry Piyush Goyal and EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels to review the status […]

Industry leaders are seeing the growth of cross-border trade as India’s FinTech scale meets British capital innovation

What stands out on the Indian side is the unparalleled digital and identity stack and aggregator framework, and there are many mechanisms of unparalleled scale. As the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) nears the finish line, fintech leaders from both countries who participated in Global Fintech Fest 2025 (GFF) on Thursday felt that Indian fintech […]

Critical mineral push: India Eyes Lithium and copper from Peru, Chile and Argentina; FTAs pushed in the midst of the unrest on the supply chain – The Times of India

India reinforces the efforts to secure stable stocks of critical minerals from South America, aimed at resources rich in resources such as Peru, Chile and Argentina in the midst of a growing focus on renewable energy sources and green mobility.A high-level delegation of the Indian Ministry of Mines will visit Peru this week to explore […]