India, EU to start subsequent spherical of talks for commerce pact from Oct. 6 in Brussels

Senior officers of India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will begin the following spherical of talks for a proposed free commerce settlement on Monday (October 6, 2025) in Brussels to iron out variations on points for early conclusion of the negotiations, an official mentioned.

This would be the 14th spherical of negotiations between the 2 sides. The five-day talks will start on October 6, the official mentioned.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has lately expressed hope that the 2 sides will signal the settlement quickly.

The pact goals at boosting two-way commerce and investments.

Mr. Goyal can also be prone to meet EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in South Africa later this month to overview the progress of talks, because the deadline to conclude the negotiations is December.

Sefcovic and the European Commission’s Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen have been right here final month to overview the progress of talks with Goyal.

Both sides have focused to conclude negotiations by December.

In June 2022, India and the EU bloc resumed negotiations for a complete FTA, an funding safety settlement and a pact on geographical indications after a spot of over eight years. It was stalled in 2013 because of variations on the extent of opening up markets.

Besides demanding vital responsibility cuts in vehicles and medical gadgets, the EU desires tax discount in different merchandise like wine, spirits, meat, poultry, and a robust mental property regime.

Indian items’ exports to the EU, comparable to ready-made clothes, prescription drugs, metal, petroleum merchandise, and electrical equipment, can grow to be extra aggressive if the pact sails via.

The India-EU commerce pact negotiations cowl 23 coverage areas or chapters, together with commerce in items, commerce in providers, funding, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical obstacles to commerce, commerce cures, guidelines of origin, customs and commerce facilitation, competitors, commerce defence, authorities procurement, dispute settlement, mental property rights, geographical indications, and sustainable growth.

India’s bilateral commerce in items with the EU was $136.53 billion in 2024-25 (exports price $75.85 billion and imports price $60.68 billion), making it the most important buying and selling companion for items.

The EU market accounts for about 17 per cent of India’s complete exports, and the bloc’s exports to India represent 9 per cent of its complete abroad shipments.

In addition, the bilateral commerce in providers between India and the EU was estimated at $51.45 billion in 2023.