HortiConnect India Expo 2026 expands horticulture outreach, promoting tech transfer, FPO led supply chains and climate smart agriculture.
HortiConnect India Expo 2026 broadens a horticulture trade platform by co hosting with Messe Muenchen India and colocating AgriCon India to promote transfer of protected cultivation, smart irrigation, climate resilient inputs and post harvest infrastructure into wider agricultural systems, while facilitating FPO led market development, horticulture export ambitions and policy industry collaboration to address productivity, resource efficiency and market access.

India-EU free trade agreement concluded amid US tariff threats and announced tariff hikes on South Korean imports.
A bilateral free trade agreement between India and the European Union has been concluded after nearly two decades of negotiations, creating a broad commercial framework affecting about two billion people. Concurrently, the United States announced targeted increases in import tariffs on South Korean goods-raising rates on some categories from 15% to 25% and naming autos, lumber and pharmaceutical drugs-prompting South Korean commitments to implement last year's trade framework and high-level ministerial consultations with US counterparts.

India needs USD 145bn/year in energy investments focused on grid modernisation, renewables, and supply-chain policy reforms.
India needs about USD 145 billion annually in energy investments to align growth with net-zero goals through 2035, focused on power generation, energy storage and urgent grid modernisation. Wood Mackenzie estimates USD 1.5 trillion for the 2026-2035 transition, stressing transmission and distribution investment and the necessity of market reforms, notably the Electricity Amendment Bill, to unlock private capital. Policy gaps include domestic content requirements, risks in the Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery PLI Scheme, nascent green hydrogen and CCUS development, and the 2026 launch of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme to impose emissions limits.

EU carbon border concessions under CBAM will automatically extend to Indian exporters under the India EU FTA, with technical cooperation.
The FTA provides that any future EU flexibility or concessions under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) granted to other countries will automatically extend to India; it also establishes technical cooperation on carbon price recognition and verifier accreditation, targeted financial and capacity support for emissions reduction compliance, a technical working group to accredit Indian verifiers and align footprint methodologies, and procedural safeguards including a non violation clause and rebalancing rights if EU measures impair pact benefits.

India-EU FTA introduces quota-based duty cuts for premium European cars, with phased tariffs and delayed EV quotas.
The India-EU FTA establishes a quota-based duty concession regime for automobiles: India grants phased, segment-specific tariff reductions within negotiated quotas while maintaining high out-of-quota protection to encourage local manufacturing. Market access is segmented by retail-price tiers (excluding cars under Rs 25 lakh from EU exports), quotas rise over time, and EV quota-based concessions begin in year five with varying initial reductions.

India-EU free trade agreement finalized to expand trade, technology cooperation and strengthen a rules-based economic order.
India and the European Union concluded a comprehensive free trade agreement, hailed as India's largest FTA, aimed at expanding bilateral trade, cooperation in critical technologies, and reinforcing a rules-based economic order; the agreement follows negotiations launched in 2007 and relaunched in 2022 and accompanies figures showing India-EU goods trade of about USD 136 billion in 2024-25.

India-EU free trade agreement expands tariff-free access, strengthens regulatory cooperation, and broadens services and mobility commitments.
The agreement eliminates or reduces tariffs across most goods, provides quota-based auto liberalisation, safeguards sensitive agricultural sectors, and secures a forward-looking most-favoured-nation assurance regarding carbon border measures. It enhances regulatory cooperation by streamlining customs, SPS and technical barrier procedures, expands services and investment access across multiple sub-sectors, and establishes business mobility commitments for intra-corporate transferees, contractual service suppliers and independent professionals, including dependent work rights and a framework for social security engagement and recognition of traditional medicine practitioners.

European wines to become cheaper as India agrees steep tariff cuts under India EU free trade agreement.
The India EU free trade agreement provides phased tariff concessions: duties on higher priced EU wines fall from 150% to 20% over a multi year transition (seven years noted), no concessions for wines below 2.50, the EU eliminates duties on Indian wines, and India secures quota based duty free access for table grapes (85,000 tonnes). Duty concessions also cover certain EU spirits.

India-EU free trade agreement concluded to cut tariffs and expand market access for goods and services.
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement, concluded after long negotiations, creates a framework to reduce or eliminate tariffs and align regulatory frameworks to expand market access for goods and services, enhance competitiveness of Indian exports (including textiles, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and auto parts), and promote reciprocal opportunities for EU sectors; complementary negotiations on an Investment Protection Agreement and an Agreement on Geographical Indications remain ongoing.

India-EU FTA delivers preferential market access to 27 EU countries under a single framework and expands trade and investment ties.
The India-EU free trade agreement, concluded January 23 and approved by the Union Cabinet, establishes a comprehensive bilateral FTA granting preferential access to all 27 EU members under a single framework. Covering goods and services, the pact expands regulatory scope on tariffs, market access, and investment, and targets major sectors including machinery, electronics, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, textiles, gems and jewellery, and IT and business services, while reflecting substantial bilateral trade and cumulative EU FDI into India.

India-EU FTA grants zero-duty access for most Indian goods; phased concessions and quotas apply to cars, wines, and selected sectors.
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement provides reciprocal, phased tariff liberalisation with the EU eliminating duties on 90% of Indian goods at entry into force and India reducing duties to zero on 93% of EU goods over ten years; sector-specific quota-based concessions apply to automobiles and select agricultural and wine products, while services liberalisation opens numerous sub-sectors and includes mobility commitments, and chapters cover digital trade, SPS, technical barriers and intellectual property.

India and the EU concluded a comprehensive free trade and defence cooperation package, subject to legal finalisation.
Conclusion of negotiated frameworks establishing a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between India and the EU, subject to legal scrubbing and formal signing, designed to expand market access and regulatory alignment across trade, technologies, climate and mobility; accompanied by a Security and Defence Partnership, participation in the EU SAFE defence financing programme, and initiation of a Security of Information Agreement to enable industrial defence cooperation and information protection.

India-EU FTA to create a large rules based market, boost labour intensive exports, exclude sensitive agriculture, and address carbon tariffs.
The India-EU FTA seeks to create a large, rules based market and expand market access while protecting sensitive sectors. It foresees tariff liberalisation likely benefiting India's labour intensive industries, excludes core agricultural items, and includes a calibrated automotive package allowing EU models in higher price bands and potential local production. The agreement also establishes a framework for continued engagement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism through preferential treatment, technical dialogue and EU support.

Low-grade iron ore exports may face export duties, risking Goan mining operations, investment and auctioned-mine viability.
Imposition of an export duty on low-grade iron ore would disrupt Goan mining by creating fiscal uncertainty, constraining market access and price realisation for ore largely unsuitable for domestic use, undermining the operationalisation and viability of auctioned mines; stakeholders urge reliance on targeted assistance and streamlined statutory clearances rather than new levies.

India-EU free trade agreement expands market access, strengthens supply chains, and boosts manufacturing and services opportunities.
India and the European Union have concluded a free trade agreement covering economies representing about 25% of global GDP and one-third of global trade. The FTA is intended to open markets, complement agreements with the UK and EFTA, strengthen global trade and supply chains, and expand manufacturing and services opportunities, with anticipated benefits for sectors including textiles, gems and jewellery, leather, and footwear; bilateral trade exceeded USD 190 billion in 2024-25.

India-EU Free Trade Agreement signed, expected to boost manufacturing, services, supply chains and investor confidence.
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement was signed to create a bilateral framework covering goods and services, deepen market access, strengthen global trade links, and enhance supply-chain integration. It is intended to complement agreements with Britain and EFTA and to support manufacturing growth, expand services sector opportunities, and generate export and investment prospects for sectors such as textiles, gems and jewellery, leather, and footwear while increasing investor confidence in India.

US tariffs on South Korean imports rise amid stalled trade-framework approval, while federal support targets domestic rare-earth production.
Announcement of increased US import duties on South Korean goods-raising rates on autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals and moving a general goods tariff from 15% to 25%-was tied to lack of legislative approval for a bilateral trade framework, creating immediate trade-policy risk. Separately, the government agreed to provide direct funding and a proposed large loan to a rare-earth producer, reflecting targeted industrial policy support for strategic minerals. Anticipated Federal Reserve policy to hold rates, with potential future cuts despite inflation above target, was noted as a concurrent market driver.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks Chinese investment while balancing national security, human rights, and US relations.
Keir Starmer's China visit seeks to secure Chinese investment, technology and market access for UK industries under a policy of hard-headed pragmatism-balancing economic opportunity with protection of national security from espionage and foreign interference. The initiative risks friction with the United States given recent US tariff threats and allied recalibration, and faces domestic criticism over potential influence, a large Chinese diplomatic presence, territorial agreements tied to defence facilities, and unresolved human rights concerns.

India as Gulfood Country Partner showcases largest delegation, APEDA-led GI rice promotion, export push, and agri-startup incubation.
India, as Gulfood 2026 Country Partner, deployed its largest-ever delegation with coordinated national branding and nearly 1,500 square metres of APEDA exhibition space to promote agricultural and processed food exports. The presentation concentrates on export promotion through sectoral participation and GI-tagged product marketing-notably more than ten GI rice varieties-and supports export-enabling innovation via APEDA's BHARATI startup incubation to enhance market access under existing bilateral trade facilitation.

India-EU summit announces conclusion of free trade negotiations, defence partnership, and mobility and security pacts.
Conclusion of negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between India and the EU is announced and will undergo legal scrubbing before formal signature. The summit also establishes a Security and Defence Partnership to enable defence interoperability and Indian participation in the EU SAFE financing programme, and launches negotiations for a Security of Information Agreement to support industrial defence cooperation. A mobility framework will facilitate worker mobility and member state initiatives with India.