India, EU to begin next round of talks for trade pact from Oct. 6 in Brussels

An official, India’s senior officials and 27 -national European Union (EU), said on Monday, October 6, 2025, to start a next meeting tour for a free trade agreement proposed to iron the differences in the early finalization of negotiations.

This will be the 14th round of negotiations between the two sides. Authorized, five -day talks will begin on October 6, he said.

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal expressed his hope that the two sides will soon sign the agreement soon.

The PACT aims to increase two -way trade and investments.

Since Mr. Goyal is also the deadline for negotiations, it is possible to meet with the EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic in South Africa later in this month.

Sefcovic and the European Commission’s agricultural commission Christophe Hansen was here to review the progress of talks with Goyal last month.

Both sides aimed to conclude negotiations until December.

In June 2022, India and EU block continued to agree on a comprehensive FTA, investment protection agreement and geographical indications after more than eight years of space. In 2013, he stopped due to differences in the opening level of the markets.

In addition to demanding important task deductions in automobiles and medical devices, the EU requires tax reduction in other products such as wine, souls, meat, poultry and a powerful intellectual property regime.

Exports of Indian goods such as ready -made clothing, drugs, steel, petroleum products and electric machines may become more competitive if the pact sail.

India-EU Trade Agreement negotiations, goods trade, service trade, investment, sanitary and phytositarian measures, technical obstacles to trade, trade rules, competition rules, competition, trade defense, government supply, dispute resolution, mental property rights, geographical indications, such as 23 policy areas or departments.

India’s bilateral trade with goods with the EU has made 136.53 billion dollars (exports of 75.85 billion dollars worth of exports and 60.68 billion dollars) and it became the largest trade partner for goods in 2024-25 years.

The EU market constitutes approximately 17 percent of India’s total exports, and Bloc’s exports to India account for 9 percent of total overseas shipments.

In addition, the bilateral service trade between India and the EU is estimated to be $ 51.45 billion in 2023.