Linking external engagement with domestic stability, Modi said that India’s growing ability to conclude trade agreements with developed economies reflected deeper structural changes at home. He said that India was negotiating future-ready trade agreements on more balanced terms.

India and the European Union have signed a landmark free trade agreement being called "mother of all deals" as it represents about a third of global trade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement to deepen their economic and strategic ties

India and Malaysia will discuss a review of their bilateral free trade agreement, among a host of issues, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit

India and the EU together represent almost one-fifth of global trade and around 25 per cent of the global population, highlighting the growing economic and strategic weight of the partnership.

New Delhi: Reacting to the conclusion of the historic India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “significant milestone” in India–EU ties.

Brussels has accelerated its outreach to markets around the world. Over the past year, von der Leyen has signed deals with Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and South America under the catchphrase “strategic autonomy,” which in practice is akin to decoupling from a U.S. seen by most European leaders as erratic.