Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:05am on 30 Oct 2025,Thursday India Global
Piyush Goyal, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister, announced that during his recent Brussels visit, India and the European Union (EU) have closed 10 of the 20 chapters in their free-trade agreement negotiations, with four to five more chapters near consensus. With Indian exports to the EU approximately US $82 billion last year—just below shipments to the US—the deal gains urgency amid steep tariffs imposed on Indian goods by the Donald Trump administration. Key outstanding issues include steel, automobiles, labour-intensive sectors and the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. (PC: ANI/X)
