{"id":3142,"date":"2026-07-17T00:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2026-07-17T00:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:35:54","slug":"india-eu-to-build-future-ready-partnerships-that-benefit-businesses-and-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=3142","title":{"rendered":"India, EU to build future-ready partnerships that benefit businesses and citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Delhi, The India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) complements ongoing efforts towards an ambitious, balanced and mutually beneficial India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-chairing the Ministerial Meeting on the India-EU TTC in Brussels, the minister said \u201cwe reviewed progress across resilient supply chains, critical and emerging technologies, clean energy and innovation, deep-tech startups, green hydrogen, and EVs and batteries\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also reaffirmed our resolve to deepen economic engagement and build future-ready partnerships that benefit businesses and citizens alike,\u201d Goyal said in a post on X, adding that it also continues to drive our strategic partnership by translating shared priorities into meaningful cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Goyal, along with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Jitin Prasada, participated in a Business Roundtable hosted by the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an official statement, the roundtable brought together leading Indian and European industry representatives to deliberate on trade facilitation, investment flows, supply chain resilience and digital innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, Goyal interacted with members of the FICCI delegation. Representatives of Indian industry shared their perspectives on enhancing competitiveness, addressing regulatory challenges and leveraging opportunities under the TTC framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister reaffirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to supporting Indian industry in expanding market access and fostering innovation-driven partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement further said that Goyal&#8217;s engagements in Brussels underscored India&#8217;s emphasis on industry-led growth and highlighted the critical role of business and industry in advancing India\u2013EU economic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These interactions reaffirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to strengthening industrial partnerships, promoting innovation, facilitating greater market access and creating new opportunities for Indian enterprises in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Goyal met Maros Sefcovic, EU Trade and Economic Security Commissioner, and reviewed the progress on the implementation of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The two leaders also \u201cexplored avenues to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, critical technologies and resilient supply chains\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, The India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) complements ongoing efforts towards an ambitious, balanced and mutually beneficial India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-display","category-national","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3143,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions\/3143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}