Place a photo of the union trade and the Minister of Industry Piyush Goyal. While the European Union should start from commercial negotiations from October 6, Goyal had recently expressed the hope that the two parties will soon sign the agreement. | Photo credit: Ani
High officials from India and the European Union of 27 countries (EU) will begin the next series of talks for a draft free trade agreement on Monday October 6, 2025) in Brussels to resolve the differences in early conclusion issues of negotiations, said a official.
It will be the 14th cycle of negotiations between the two parties. The five -day talks will start on October 6, said the manager.
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, recently expressed the hope that the two parties will soon sign the agreement.
The pact aims to stimulate two -way trade and investments.
Mr. Goyal is also likely to meet the EU Commerce Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in South Africa later this month to examine the progress of talks, because the deadline to conclude the negotiations is December.
Sefcovic and the agriculture commissioner of the European Commission Christophe Hansen were here last month to review the progress of talks with Goyal.
The two parties have intended to conclude negotiations by December.
In June 2022, India and the EU block resumed negotiations for a complete ALE, an investment protection agreement and a pact on geographic indications after a difference of more than eight years. It was blocked in 2013 due to differences on the market opening level.
In addition to requiring significant rights reductions in cars and medical devices, the EU wishes a tax reduction in other products such as wine, spirits, meat, poultry and an intellectual property regime.
Exports of Indian products to the EU, such as ready -to -use clothing, pharmaceutical products, steel, petroleum products and electric machines, can become more competitive if the pact sails.
Negotiations of the India-EU commercial commercial cover cover 23 political areas or chapters, in particular trade in goods, trade in services, investment, health and phytosanitary measures, technical obstacles to trade, commercial appeals, rules of origin, customs and trade facilitation, competition, commercial defense, the purchase of government, settlement of disputes, intellectual property rights, sustainable development.
The bilateral trade of India in goods with the EU was $ 136.53 billion in 2024-25 (exports worth $ 75.85 billion and imports worth 60.68 billion dollars), making it the largest trading partner for goods.
The EU market represents around 17% of the total exports of India, and the block exports to India represent 9% of its shipments abroad.
In addition, the bilateral trade in services between India and the EU was estimated at $ 51.45 billion in 2023.
Published – 05 October 2025 01:57 PM ist
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