The Mother of All Deals? Economic Implications of the India-EU FTA

What does the EU–India FTA mean for the future of trade?

Time and location: 10 March 2026 11:30-13:30 Venue: Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi REGISTER TO JOIN ON-SITE OR ONLINE
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Format: Public, Hybrid, On the record, Livestreamed
Contact: Matilda Sevón

Speakers

Sabine Weyand

Director-General, European Commission, DG TRADE

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Registration and Tea/Coffee

10:30-11:00

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Inaugural Session

11:00-11:30

Rajesh Agrawal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (GoI)
Shekhar Aiyar, Director and CE, ICRIER
Sabine Weyand, Director-General, European Commission, DG TRADE

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Panel discussion

11:30-12:15

Chair: Shekhar Aiyar, Director and CE, ICRIER
Pritam Banerjee, Head , Centre for WTO studies
Ignacio García Bercero, Bruegel Senior Fellow
Arpita Mukherjee, Professor , ICRIER
André Sapir, Bruegel Senior Fellow

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Q&A

12:15-12:30

The agreement was concluded on 27 January 2026, following nearly two decades of negotiations, and marks a major milestone in EU–India economic relations. It is expected to significantly expand trade and investment between the two partners by reducing tariffs on a large share of goods and deepening cooperation across multiple sectors.

The event is being jointly organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and Bruegel (a Brussels-based think tank), with the objective of facilitating a substantive exchange among leading experts from India and the EU on the implications of the FTA for both sides, as well as for the future of the multilateral trading system.

Theme: Global economy and trade
Keyword: global governance trade policy multilateralism
Language: English