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India-EU Trade Deal Aims for Early 2027, Goyal Says

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

India and the European Union aim to sign a trade agreement by end-2026, operational early 2027.
Minister Piyush Goyal urged Indian firms to prepare now and target €310 billion Germany-India merchandise trade.
He listed AI, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, critical minerals, green hydrogen, renewable energy and energy storage as priority sectors.
Goyal said the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism threatens Indian exporters.

History

Historical Context

In 2021 the European Commission proposed the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a levy tied to EU ETS prices that began operating on 1 October 2023 and will fully tax imports from 2026. Designed to stop carbon leakage, the scheme prompted India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal to warn it could cut €310 billion of India-Germany trade, while the UK plans its own CBAM by 2027.

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Story summary

India and the European Union aim to sign a trade agreement by end-2026, operational early 2027.
Minister Piyush Goyal urged Indian firms to prepare now and target €310 billion Germany-India merchandise trade.
He listed AI, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, critical minerals, green hydrogen, renewable energy and energy storage as priority sectors.
Goyal said the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism threatens Indian exporters.

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