French media: After 20 years of negotiations, the EU and India have reached a historic cooperation agreement
India and the EU formally signed a far-reaching free trade agreement today, Tuesday, which is the result of more than 20 years of negotiations. Indian Prime Minister Modi praised the agreement for providing "many opportunities." See the report by Alban Alvarez, a reporter from France TV4 in New Delhi.
Report by Alban Alvarez, a reporter from France TV4 in New Delhi, shows that there are countless praises to describe this free trade agreement between the EU and India.
For example, the agreement has been called a historic agreement, a turning point, even the agreement among all agreements.
This free trade agreement between the EU and India took over two decades to be achieved.
The negotiations began in 2007, but later stalled and were restarted in 2022 with significant progress. Last night, the negotiations finally came to an end.
Specifically, the most important content of this free trade agreement will be to reduce import tariffs on European cars and wines and spirits.
For India, this free trade agreement should bring new opportunities to the textile, jewelry, engineering, and pharmaceutical industries.
The agreement between the EU and India differs from the EU's agreement with Mercosur in that this treaty does not cover agriculture and dairy products.
This is an insurmountable red line for India, which strives to protect the interests of hundreds of thousands of farmers.
Aside from this free trade agreement, the EU and India should eventually finalize a new security and defense partnership, as well as a new mobility and migration partnership, to encourage Indian students and young talents to come to Europe.
Source: rfi
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