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The tariff threats have pushed India and the European Union closer. Evaluate the India-EU partnership.

  • UPSC 2025
  • 15 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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In 2025 Washington put a 50% tariff on Indian goods and pressed Brussels into a 15% ceiling deal. On 27 January 2026 India and the EU concluded a free trade agreement first launched in 2007. The claim is right about timing. Whether the partnership is durable depends on issues the tariffs never touched.

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  • How the tariffs drew them together
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