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On 17 June 2022, the European Union relaunched negotiations with India for a Free Trade Agreement, and launched separate negotiations for an Investment Protection Agreement and an Agreement on Geographical Indications (GIs). Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement concluded on 27 January 2026.
The EU is India's largest trading partner, accounting for €120 billion worth of trade in goods in 2024 or 11.5% of total Indian trade. India is the EU’s 9th largest trading partner, accounting for 2.4% of the EU's total trade in goods in 2024. Trade in services between the EU and India reached €59.7 billion in 2023, up from €30.4 billion in 2020.
The Free Trade Agreement:
- Grants privileged access for EU exports to the world’s most populous country of 1.45 billion people
- Will potentially double EU goods exports to India by 2032
- Eliminates or reduces tariffs on over 96% of EU goods exports
- Eliminated or reduce prohibitive tariffs on key EU agri-food products like wine, olive oil, chocolate and pastries
Will save around €4 billion every year in duties on European products
Find out more:
- Main benefits - factsheet
- Agriculture - factsheet
- Memo
- Q&A
The investment protection negotiations aim to provide investors from both sides with a predictable and secure investment environment, through commitments on:
- Non-discrimination;
- Protection against expropriation without compensation and unfair treatment of investors and their investments, while preserving the right to regulate, and;
- Transfer of returns.
The investment protection negotiations also seek to put in place an effective and state-of-the-art dispute settlement mechanism to enforce such rules.
The Geographical Indications Agreement, once concluded, will support rural communities and help preserve the cultural and culinary heritage of both sides. It will also assure simplified access to the quality products for consumers on both sides and promote the geographical indications globally.
About the agreements
Round reports and EU textual proposals
Find out more about the EU-India agreements.
The EU-India Free Trade Agreement explained in plain English.
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EU trade relations with India.
Latest news
- Press release
The EU and India concluded negotiations today for a historic, ambitious and commercially significant free trade agreement (FTA), the largest such deal ever concluded by either side.
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- News article
Today the Commission imposed countervailing duties ranging from 3.7% to 8.1% on imports of optical fibre cables from India.
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- News article
The Commission has launched a consultation on the effect that India’s WTO inconsistent tariffs on ICT goods have on Union economic interests and the use of the EU Enforcement Regulation to enforce India’s compliance with its international obligations.
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Latest events
- Partner meetings
- Wednesday 18 February 2026, 10:00 - 11:30 (CET)
- Etterbeek, Belgium