Kirsten Ostermann
@kirstenostermann.bsky.social
Brexit/WF - etwas Trade.
Hier wird repostet sowie aus Reden & Interviews zitiert – ebenso aus Arbeiten der polit. Think-Tanks, Stiftungen & Printmedien.
X (Twitter): @KirstenDE999
Hier wird repostet sowie aus Reden & Interviews zitiert – ebenso aus Arbeiten der polit. Think-Tanks, Stiftungen & Printmedien.
X (Twitter): @KirstenDE999
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A paper from Indonesia seems to have made agreement in the current WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations even more difficult to reach. It says the latest draft would violate sovereignty principles in the UN Law of the Sea. This is going to be controversial
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Indonesia accuses WTO fish subsidies draft of violating Law of the Sea
It criticises disclosing information, countries scrutinising each other, and committee oversight. But they are standard in the WTO.
tradebetablog.wordpress.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A paper from Indonesia seems to have made agreement in the current WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations even more difficult to reach. It says the latest draft would violate sovereignty principles in the UN Law of the Sea. This is going to be controversial
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/i...
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/i...
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I’m surprised the commission still posts on X. I’m even more surprised they have an ad account www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”…
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m surprised the commission still posts on X. I’m even more surprised they have an ad account www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
US/India Trade Talks
A US trade team led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer is set to visit India next week to iron out differences such that a US/India trade agreement is signed before December-end.
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indianexpress.com/article/busi...
A US trade team led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer is set to visit India next week to iron out differences such that a US/India trade agreement is signed before December-end.
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indianexpress.com/article/busi...
US negotiators in Delhi next
week, kindle hopes of deal before December-end
The meeting comes close on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to India when the two countries decided to boost bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030 from $64 billion now, ...
indianexpress.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
US/India Trade Talks
A US trade team led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer is set to visit India next week to iron out differences such that a US/India trade agreement is signed before December-end.
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Source:
indianexpress.com/article/busi...
A US trade team led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer is set to visit India next week to iron out differences such that a US/India trade agreement is signed before December-end.
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indianexpress.com/article/busi...
EU/India Trade Talks
A visiting team from the EU will hold discussions with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday (December 8) regarding the advancement of talks on the proposed free trade agreement, an official source has said.
Source:
thefederal.com/category/bus...
A visiting team from the EU will hold discussions with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday (December 8) regarding the advancement of talks on the proposed free trade agreement, an official source has said.
Source:
thefederal.com/category/bus...
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU/India Trade Talks
A visiting team from the EU will hold discussions with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday (December 8) regarding the advancement of talks on the proposed free trade agreement, an official source has said.
Source:
thefederal.com/category/bus...
A visiting team from the EU will hold discussions with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday (December 8) regarding the advancement of talks on the proposed free trade agreement, an official source has said.
Source:
thefederal.com/category/bus...
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Any doubts about why large corporations need huge trade staffs and small firms either give up or pay consultants? Trade facilitation is urgently needed, but will be ignored by politicals because it isn’t sexy. Not to mention that most of the business press don’t deem such details newsworthy.
New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Any doubts about why large corporations need huge trade staffs and small firms either give up or pay consultants? Trade facilitation is urgently needed, but will be ignored by politicals because it isn’t sexy. Not to mention that most of the business press don’t deem such details newsworthy.
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Brexit law
Details of the first UK national court reference to the CJEU sent since the end of the Brexit transition period - on the position of a non-EU family member of an EU citizen with settled status who left the home due to domestic violence - curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...
Details of the first UK national court reference to the CJEU sent since the end of the Brexit transition period - on the position of a non-EU family member of an EU citizen with settled status who left the home due to domestic violence - curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...
curia.europa.eu
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Brexit law
Details of the first UK national court reference to the CJEU sent since the end of the Brexit transition period - on the position of a non-EU family member of an EU citizen with settled status who left the home due to domestic violence - curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...
Details of the first UK national court reference to the CJEU sent since the end of the Brexit transition period - on the position of a non-EU family member of an EU citizen with settled status who left the home due to domestic violence - curia.europa.eu/juris/showPd...
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“I would strongly contest whether rejoining the customs union would either be quick or straightforward,” one cabinet source said.’
Wise source
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wise source
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“I would strongly contest whether rejoining the customs union would either be quick or straightforward,” one cabinet source said.’
Wise source
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wise source
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The European Commission has launched a review of the anti-subsidy tariffs on Volkswagen's electric vehicles built in China, which could lead to their replacement with a minimum price commitment. The focus appears to be on the Cupra Tavascan.
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EU considers exemption for VW from EV tariffs - electrive.com
The European Commission has launched a review of the anti-subsidy tariffs on Volkswagen's electric vehicles built in China, which could lead to their
www.electrive.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The European Commission has launched a review of the anti-subsidy tariffs on Volkswagen's electric vehicles built in China, which could lead to their replacement with a minimum price commitment. The focus appears to be on the Cupra Tavascan.
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www.electrive.com/2025/12/05/e...
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One Chinese EV firm-a joint venture between VW and JAC Motors-could escape the EU's countervailing duties after it submitted a price undertaking offer. The commission has now launched a partial interim review. More by me here borderlex.net/2025/12/04/c...
Commission opens review of China EV duties after Volkswagen, JAC offer price pledge - Borderlex - European trade policy
The European Commission launched a partial review of countervailing measures against Chinese-made battery electric vehicles focusing on a price undertaking offer from Volkswagen Anhui, a joint venture...
borderlex.net
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One Chinese EV firm-a joint venture between VW and JAC Motors-could escape the EU's countervailing duties after it submitted a price undertaking offer. The commission has now launched a partial interim review. More by me here borderlex.net/2025/12/04/c...
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The economic impacts of Brexit: new research from my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social colleague Paul Mizen et al brings together macro (top-down) and micro (bottom-up) evidence.
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
Brexit’s impact on the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites argue that there is evidence that Brexit has had a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity i...
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The economic impacts of Brexit: new research from my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social colleague Paul Mizen et al brings together macro (top-down) and micro (bottom-up) evidence.
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity.
ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...
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Trump has all but torn up the rulebook on global trade. Will Europe go in the same direction?
John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says he hopes not, but sees a risk of that happening 👇
More from our #POLITICOSustainableSummit: www.politico.eu/article/sust...
John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says he hopes not, but sees a risk of that happening 👇
More from our #POLITICOSustainableSummit: www.politico.eu/article/sust...
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump has all but torn up the rulebook on global trade. Will Europe go in the same direction?
John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says he hopes not, but sees a risk of that happening 👇
More from our #POLITICOSustainableSummit: www.politico.eu/article/sust...
John Clarke, former director for international relations at DG AGRI, says he hopes not, but sees a risk of that happening 👇
More from our #POLITICOSustainableSummit: www.politico.eu/article/sust...
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EU-UK Specialised Committee on Implementation of Windsor Framework met today
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EU-UK Specialised Committee on Implementation of Windsor Framework met today
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
EU Commission announces strategic approach to strengthen Europe's economic security.
Drawing on risk assessment work with Member States, the Commission's immediate focus will be in six priority high-risk areas.
Source:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Drawing on risk assessment work with Member States, the Commission's immediate focus will be in six priority high-risk areas.
Source:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
EU Commission announces strategic approach to strengthen Europe's economic security.
Drawing on risk assessment work with Member States, the Commission's immediate focus will be in six priority high-risk areas.
Source:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Drawing on risk assessment work with Member States, the Commission's immediate focus will be in six priority high-risk areas.
Source:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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🛡️ From strategy to doctrine: the next steps for European economic security
💭 With the US lowering its commitment to traditional alliances, what can the EU do to adapt its economic security doctrine?
📑Policy Brief by Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/yqhLhl1
#EconSky
💭 With the US lowering its commitment to traditional alliances, what can the EU do to adapt its economic security doctrine?
📑Policy Brief by Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/yqhLhl1
#EconSky
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🛡️ From strategy to doctrine: the next steps for European economic security
💭 With the US lowering its commitment to traditional alliances, what can the EU do to adapt its economic security doctrine?
📑Policy Brief by Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/yqhLhl1
#EconSky
💭 With the US lowering its commitment to traditional alliances, what can the EU do to adapt its economic security doctrine?
📑Policy Brief by Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/yqhLhl1
#EconSky
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"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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EU trade/immigration law
EU Member States and European Parliament agree on amendments to EU trade preferences for developing countries - including withdrawal of preferences in the event of insufficient readmission of migrants (in the EU's opinion)
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
EU Member States and European Parliament agree on amendments to EU trade preferences for developing countries - including withdrawal of preferences in the event of insufficient readmission of migrants (in the EU's opinion)
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Trade: Council and Parliament strike a deal to reinforce rules on trade preferences to developing countries
Council and Parliament reached a provisional deal on the revised GSP regulation, linking trade preferences for developing countries to stronger commitments on human rights, environment and migration c...
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
EU trade/immigration law
EU Member States and European Parliament agree on amendments to EU trade preferences for developing countries - including withdrawal of preferences in the event of insufficient readmission of migrants (in the EU's opinion)
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
EU Member States and European Parliament agree on amendments to EU trade preferences for developing countries - including withdrawal of preferences in the event of insufficient readmission of migrants (in the EU's opinion)
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Canada/Bangladesh Trade Relation
Canada seeks deeper trade ties with Bangladesh.
Both countries share a longstanding partnership in the agriculture & food security sectors.
Bangladesh remains one of Canada's most important export destinations for wheat.
dailyasianage.com/news/345217/...
Canada seeks deeper trade ties with Bangladesh.
Both countries share a longstanding partnership in the agriculture & food security sectors.
Bangladesh remains one of Canada's most important export destinations for wheat.
dailyasianage.com/news/345217/...
Canada seeks deeper trade ties with Bangladesh | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh
Canada has expressed strong interest in deepening commercial ties with Bangladesh and strengthening bilateral relations based on trust, quality and shared prosperity.
dailyasianage.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Canada/Bangladesh Trade Relation
Canada seeks deeper trade ties with Bangladesh.
Both countries share a longstanding partnership in the agriculture & food security sectors.
Bangladesh remains one of Canada's most important export destinations for wheat.
dailyasianage.com/news/345217/...
Canada seeks deeper trade ties with Bangladesh.
Both countries share a longstanding partnership in the agriculture & food security sectors.
Bangladesh remains one of Canada's most important export destinations for wheat.
dailyasianage.com/news/345217/...
India/Canada CEPA talks
Negotiations towards the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada could commence as early as January.
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www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/i...
Negotiations towards the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada could commence as early as January.
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Source:
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/i...
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
India/Canada CEPA talks
Negotiations towards the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada could commence as early as January.
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Source:
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/i...
Negotiations towards the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada could commence as early as January.
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www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/i...
EU/India Trade Talks
An EU delegation is expected to visit India on December 3.
A virtual meeting btw. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal & the EU’s DG for Trade Sabine Weyand took place on last Friday as both partners enter the final lap of negotiations.
indianexpress.com/article/busi...
An EU delegation is expected to visit India on December 3.
A virtual meeting btw. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal & the EU’s DG for Trade Sabine Weyand took place on last Friday as both partners enter the final lap of negotiations.
indianexpress.com/article/busi...
Deadline rush: As India pushes for EU deal, legal team told to avoid leaves; key EU team in Delhi expected this week
While 10 out of 23 chapters have been closed, key issues, particularly related to rules of origin and market access that include agriculture, remain pending.
indianexpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
EU/India Trade Talks
An EU delegation is expected to visit India on December 3.
A virtual meeting btw. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal & the EU’s DG for Trade Sabine Weyand took place on last Friday as both partners enter the final lap of negotiations.
indianexpress.com/article/busi...
An EU delegation is expected to visit India on December 3.
A virtual meeting btw. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal & the EU’s DG for Trade Sabine Weyand took place on last Friday as both partners enter the final lap of negotiations.
indianexpress.com/article/busi...
The US has agreed to spare the UK from threatened trade tariffs on pharmaceutical products.
Via the policy update, the UK has become the only country in the world to secure a zero per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals exported to the US.
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Via the policy update, the UK has become the only country in the world to secure a zero per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals exported to the US.
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US and UK agree zero-tariffs on pharmaceuticals
In return, the UK government has agreed to increase the baseline threshold used to assess if medicines are cost-effective.
news.sky.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The US has agreed to spare the UK from threatened trade tariffs on pharmaceutical products.
Via the policy update, the UK has become the only country in the world to secure a zero per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals exported to the US.
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news.sky.com/story/us-and...
Via the policy update, the UK has become the only country in the world to secure a zero per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals exported to the US.
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news.sky.com/story/us-and...
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Amid ongoing chatter in London about some Labour figures wanting to go further in EU relations, what does Brussels think of the UK... I've drawn a typical consensus view based on many conversations including with the few there who really care...
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Everything Brussels really thinks about the UK
Mostly, the Brussels bubble does not consider the UK too much. That rather amorphous group of those working in and around the institutions whether for government or other organisations, that…
encompass-europe.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Amid ongoing chatter in London about some Labour figures wanting to go further in EU relations, what does Brussels think of the UK... I've drawn a typical consensus view based on many conversations including with the few there who really care...
encompass-europe.com/comment/ever...
encompass-europe.com/comment/ever...
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The EU and the UK failed to reach a deal on allowing Britain to take part in the bloc's €150 billion Security Action for Europe loans-for-weapons program, three diplomats told POLITICO today.
EU-UK talks on defense deal break down
London and Brussels clashed over how much the U.K. would have to pay to take part.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The EU and the UK failed to reach a deal on allowing Britain to take part in the bloc's €150 billion Security Action for Europe loans-for-weapons program, three diplomats told POLITICO today.
EU/US Trade Talks
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks.
"The EU’s digital rulebook should have nothing to do with trade negotiations."
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks.
"The EU’s digital rulebook should have nothing to do with trade negotiations."
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
EU/US Trade Talks
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks.
"The EU’s digital rulebook should have nothing to do with trade negotiations."
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks.
"The EU’s digital rulebook should have nothing to do with trade negotiations."
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
EU/US Trade
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter.
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In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter.
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EU surplus with US falls in 2nd and 3rd quarter 2025
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter, a...
ec.europa.eu
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
EU/US Trade
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter.
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ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU registered a €40.8 billion trade in goods surplus with the United States. This was a 13.3% decline from the €47.1 billion surplus recorded in the second quarter.
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ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
EU/India Trade Talks
The EU is set to dispatch a trade deligation to Dehli in the second week of December for a final push to substantially conclude the EU/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by year-end.
indiashippingnews.com/eu-delegatio...
The EU is set to dispatch a trade deligation to Dehli in the second week of December for a final push to substantially conclude the EU/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by year-end.
indiashippingnews.com/eu-delegatio...
EU Delegation likely to land in India as FTA discussions enter decisive stage - India Shipping News
NEW DELHI : The European Union (EU) is set to dispatch a trade delegation to Delhi in the second week of December for a final push to substantially conclude
indiashippingnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
EU/India Trade Talks
The EU is set to dispatch a trade deligation to Dehli in the second week of December for a final push to substantially conclude the EU/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by year-end.
indiashippingnews.com/eu-delegatio...
The EU is set to dispatch a trade deligation to Dehli in the second week of December for a final push to substantially conclude the EU/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by year-end.
indiashippingnews.com/eu-delegatio...