PM Modi in Sweden: Strategic Partnership, FTA push and a pitch to double trade in five years
India and Sweden announced a five-year roadmap covering trade, defence, AI, space, startups, mobility and sustainability during Modi’s Gothenburg visit.
India and Sweden announced a five-year roadmap covering trade, defence, AI, space, startups, mobility and sustainability during Modi’s Gothenburg visit.
Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements has drawn strong reactions globally, with the EU and OIC warning the move could deepen tensions and weaken chances of a negotiated peace.
The European Union has demanded that Washington honour its trade commitment and provide "full clarity" after the US President announced 15 per cent global tariffs following the Supreme Court's ruling to invalidate his previous tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
The conclusion of the India-European Union free trade agreement comes at a moment when the global trading system is under severe strain, shaken by geopolitical rivalries, economic nationalism and the increasingly unpredictable use of tariffs as political weapons.
The conclusion of the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement has been projected as a major diplomatic and economic milestone.
After US President Donald Trump's threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU on Friday is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA).
India hopes to expand cooperation with the European Union (EU) in artificial intelligence and Indo-Pacific security, government sources said as a delegation led by EU president Ursula von der Leyen and accompanied by the European Union College of Commissioners, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day India visit.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Monday emphasised that the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to extend the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in exchange for more freed hostages.
The European Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, a strategic blueprint aimed at restoring the European Union (EU)'s economic edge and driving technological leadership as it seeks to close the gap with the US and China.
The AfD when founded in 2013 had the reputation of being an old man’s club dissatisfied with Angela Merkel’s fiscal and foreign policies.
