Delano D’Souza welcomes Dr Chietigj Bajpaee, Senior Research fellow for South Asia in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. The EU–India trade deal represents a geopolitical and economic milestone. After years of negotiations, the agreement aims to reduce tariffs on a wide array of goods, deepen economic ties, and broaden cooperation. All the while, politically sensitive sectors like agriculture were excluded and broader strategic tensions, especially India’s relationship with Russia, cast a dark shadow.
