New Delhi: negotiations of the free trade agreement in European India-Union (ALE) have grown, the two parties aimed at concluding a substantial agreement by the end of the year, Herve Delphin, Ambassador of the European Union in India, said on Friday.
He added that after high -level visits and the commitment of managers, negotiations intensified.
While speaking with Ani on the sidelines of the World Carnegie World Technological Summit on India-EU FTA, Delphin said: “Well, you know that the two parties are directly in the negotiation phase and after the visit of the Commission’s college, the two leaders really mobilized and decided to move forward with more energy and more momentum and asked the two teams to do the end of the year, The end of the end of the year, and I think we did the end of the year. Negotiation that took place in Europe. »»
He added: “In the negotiation tour, there are constant contacts between the two heads of negotiator, the commissioner on the European side and of Piyush Goyal. There are problems that are difficult to discuss, without a doubt, but I think that the resolution of the political level to approach it is there.
In particular, the India-EU FTA negotiations were officially relaunched on June 17, 2022, following the announcement of EU leaders in India in Porto on May 8, 2021. Negotiations covered 23 areas / political chapters. Several series of negotiations took place from afar.
On the EU-US trade impact because of President Donald Trump’s prices, Delphin said: “The United States has put its prices on the posts, and similarly, the President of the Commission (European Commission) said that we will also put the countermeasures that have been envisaged.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Thursday that the EU would arouse his countermeasures against the American rates for 90 days to give a chance to “negotiations”. She also warned that countermeasures would trigger if “negotiations are not satisfactory”.
Sharing an article on X, von der Leyen wrote: “We took note of the announcement by President Trump. We want to give negotiations a chance. While finalizing the adoption of EU countermeasures which have experienced strong support from our Member States, we will suspend them for 90 days. ”
“If the negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will be hampered. The preparatory work on new countermeasures continues. As I have already said, all the options remain on the table,” added the position. (Ani)
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