India Says Free Trade Deal With the EU Is Likely to Be Signed by the End of the Year
Sahmino Newsroom | 22 October 2026 | 24 days ago
Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said during a visit to Germany on Thursday, 22 October 2026 (30 Mehr 1405) that India's free trade agreement with the European Union is likely to be signed by the end of this calendar year. According to Reuters, relayed by IRNA, he said the deal could widen market access and investment flows between India and the EU's 27 member states.
The same report says negotiations that ran for nearly two decades were finalised and announced last winter at the India-EU summit in New Delhi; the formal text is expected to be signed by December 2026, with implementation starting in mid-2027. The report describes the pact as covering a market of about two billion people and close to 25% of world GDP.
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