The German ambassador to India, Dr. Philipp Ackermann, was pressure for an early conclusion of the European free trade agreement of India, saying that “the time is good to develop the free trade agreement and negotiate it as quickly as possible”. India and the European Union at the beginning of this year agreed to conclude the FTA by the end of this year, because both diversify the markets and in the midst of concerns concerning the pricing announcements of Donald Trump.
The best German diplomat in India said: “Let me say that in all honesty, you have the president of the European Union Commission and the Prime Minister of India, sitting together and saying, we are committed that at the end of 2025, this agreement is negotiated and ready to be put on the table. Now is an imperative that we must react. Game for our company in India, because we see more investment “.
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The urgency for the ALE intervenes in the middle of Trump’s concentration on reciprocal prices that could use the global trade system in place for years. Asked his reaction, he said: “Germany and the European Union, we are promoters of free trade. We are sitting together and trying to develop a free trade agreement with India, to shape it, to negotiate it. It therefore goes without saying that the tariffs on goods are not to our taste”. He added: “We have clearly indicated that we think it is not the right way. But you know, it is, of course, at the discretion of any country to shape its economic policy. I do not predict it as a great success in trade policy, international trade policy.”
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new important series of prices later during the day. The long -awaited announcement could see radical tasks which, according to the new administration in Washington, aim to protect American interests. The prices should rely on the previous measures that Trump has adopted since his entry into office, including a right of 20% on all Chinese imports, 25% of steel and aluminum prices, as well as samples in Canada and Mexico linked to immigration and drug trafficking problems.
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In Indian-German links, the ambassador said: “We will have a new government in a few weeks, but I can assure you that there will be a huge continuity with regard to the political relationship with India. We will continue to focus on India. We will continue to work with India”. Germany is forming a new government following the federal elections held on February 23, 2025. The curator Alliance CDU / CSU, led by Friedrich Merz, has become the largest block in the Bundestag, obtaining 28.5% of the votes and positioning Merz as the next probable chancellor.
The ambassador spoke about the sidelines of the discourse on the climate organized by the German Embassy in Delhi under the aegis of the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership of the GSDP between India and Germany. Climatic envoys from Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden were present on this occasion. The discourse on climate explored the key role of India in the progress of climate action, including investments in green technology, infra and shaping a low carbon economy.
“Climate change, global warming, green and sustainable development are at the heart of our collaboration,” said the German ambassador, Dr. Ackermann, during the meeting.
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