by Oui
Tue Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:29:05 PM EST
Is this just trade or a strategic partnership ... delay of two decades via TRT World
India - EU relations re-alignment
- Any deal is rushed as agriculture was left out ...
- Much hyperbole in discussions
- A Trump and MAGA imposed tariffs
- B. Britain has close relations and a trade agreement
- C Competition with Britain and China
- India has long standing friendly ties w Russia and Europe sees it as number one enemy
- Balance in trade is for India 🇮🇳 nr 1 priority
- 30 years of non-alignment
- Member of BRICS
- European states have its colonial legacy as burden on its shoulders
- EU clever doesn't talk about human rights in India contrary to relations with Venezuela, Iran and Russia.
Mercosur EU trade agreement held up by EU Parliament
Europe must scramble to recover from its Mercosur blunder | Politico |
If Brussels allows this moment to pass without course correction, others won't wait. The deal might be imperfect, but irrelevance is far worse a fate.
The EU rarely gets second chances in geopolitics. Yet last week, the European Parliament chose to throw one away. By voting to refer the long-awaited trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc to the Court of Justice of the EU for a legal opinion -- a process that may take up two years -- lawmakers dealt a serious blow to Europe's credibility at a moment when speed and reliability matter more than ever.
After more than two decades of negotiations, this deal was meant to signal that Europe could still act decisively in a world of intensifying geopolitical competition. As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen argued this month, it was the ultimate test of Europe's continued relevance on the world stage. Oblivious to this, the Parliament's decision reinforces the perception that the bloc is unable to follow through, even when an agreement is finally within reach.
After the presidents of the EU Commission and EU Council signed a free trade deal in New Delhi with India's Prime Minister, we take a look at what the pact actually entails. Tariffs will be reduced on a large number of goods going both ways, but some sectors will remain protected. Both sides are looking to further diversify their trade relationships as Donald Trump's global tariff war upends commercial flows.
