Defying a landscape of regional conflicts, punitive tariffs, and eroding international norms, the India-EU FTA—christened ‘Mother of All Deals’—illuminates a reimagined global architecture.
Celebrated by Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, and Narendra Modi, this pact integrates 2 billion lives and a fourth of planetary GDP, marking a commerce milestone.
University of Copenhagen’s Ravinder Kaur highlights its role in elevating collaboration on global institutions, defense pacts, scientific pursuits, cross-border movement, and linkages, including Indo-Pacific expansion.
America’s inward shift opens doors for EU-Indo-Pacific synergy, per Kaur, who sees the FTA embodying a ‘post-US world’ in formation. Parallel moves include EU-Mercosur and India’s UK/New Zealand agreements.
Full realization may encounter snags, yet the momentum toward multipolarity, self-reliant strategies, and dollar diversification—visions beyond Western dominance—is surging.
Asia Society’s Farwa Ameer in New York observes that this deal probably lit a fire under US-India trade talks, dormant for years but now invigorated, with its announcement perfectly timed post-EU breakthrough.