India’s digital rupee, issued by the Reserve Bank of India, is currently in the pilot phase, with both retail and wholesale segments under testing.
After his first Israel trip in 2017, Modi returns to Jerusalem, showcasing maturing ties that reflect India’s evolution from a cautious balancer to a confident connector across West Asia and Europe
The India-EU FTA promises deep, rules-based integration, while the India-US interim pact is a fast, strategic reset — together revealing a more selective, self-confident Indian trade doctrine.
While some see the pact as a meaningful catalyst for India’s export competitiveness and supply-chain integration with Europe, others caution that tariff asymmetries, regulatory hurdles, and long implementation timelines could blunt the immediate upside.
Negotiations for the India–EU FTA concluded on January 27, with implementation expected in 2026, subject to legal vetting and approvals. The agreement provides for wide-ranging tariff reductions, harmonised standards and lower non-tariff barriers.
Diversification is now the dominant strategy in a fragmenting global trade system. But it remains a strategy of margins, not miracles.
India, and the EU announced the conclusion of talks for a trade deal on January 27 after nearly two decades of negotiations.
Nearly 50% of India’s export potential to the EU is still unrealised, at a time when Indian exporters are being hit by a 50% US tariff and urgently need a substitute market.
The immediate winners, as mentioned in Jefferies' latest note, are labour-intensive sectors where India has long been tariff-disadvantaged.
Tariff cuts favour niche luxury imports, not mass-market competition
While lower tariffs in the EU market, streamlined customs procedures and regulatory cooperation could help, non-tariff barriers can become the biggest challenge for Indian firms, say experts.
Top EU leaders to attend the gala January 26 event in New Delhi and participate in the India-EU Summit, triggering expectations of the finalisation of a trade deal between the two
New Delhi needs to engage with Brussels diplomatically to limit the impact of CBAM till a final solution is achieved
Under the latest package of EU sanctions, companies making electronic components — which the 27-nation European bloc believes could have dual military as well as civilian uses — are among the foreign companies facing tougher restrictions.
The much-delayed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and the EU are unlikely to conclude this year due to persisting differences over several issues such as opening up of the services sector and level of duty cuts in the automobile segment.
Belgium today hoped the ongoing negotiations for India-EU free trade agreement will conclude by end of this year, as it sought access to the country's public procurement market.