EU's big India push: FTA deal to create power bloc worth '25 of global GDP'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trade talks with the European Union entered their last leg this week -- with the India-EU FTA likely to be announced on January 27.
58% : Top officials from both countries will also come together to sign a 'Security and Defence Strategic Partnership' during the joint India-EU Summit in New Delhi.
55% : Europe as an alternative to Russian defence equipment? Kallas highlighted a "qualitative shift" in the India-EU partnership over the years -- noting that the country was now a "major strategic partner" for the bloc.
51% : The long-sought free trade agreement is likely to be announced during the India-EU Summit next week.
51% : The long-sought free trade agreement is likely to be announced during the India-EU Summit next week.
47% : At a time when free trade is under pressure and supply chains are being weaponised, deepening our economic partnership makes perfect sense," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told The Indian Express.

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