Overview
- Summit deliverables are expected to include an FTA announcement alongside a Security and Defence Partnership and a mobility framework for Indian professionals.
- Negotiators are still working on a compromise on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, with think tank GTRI warning that CBAM and non-tariff barriers could blunt gains for Indian exporters.
- Sectoral deals have advanced, with agreement on wines and spirits and plans for tariff‑rate quotas on automobiles, while agriculture and dairy stay outside the pact.
- After an announcement, both sides plan legal scrubbing of the text before EU consent procedures, with officials signaling an effort to expedite timelines.
- A 90‑member EU delegation will attend Republic Day events, a small EU military contingent will join the parade, and the bloc’s urgency has been sharpened by a brewing tariff dispute with the United States.