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Examine the nature of the issues currently being debated with the European Union.

  • UPSC 2010
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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In 2010 the India–EU agenda was set by the Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), under negotiation since 2007, which the 11th summit (Brussels, December 2010) pressed to conclude, and by regulatory and normative disputes around it. The issues were mostly economic and behind-the-border, not security questions. They turned on sovereignty: what Ian Manners called…

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  • Market access in the BTIA
  • Intellectual property and medicines
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  • Political and security issues
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