Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
India and the European Union have signed a free trade agreement that both sides have hailed as “the mother of all deals”.
The agreement, announced on Tuesday, came together over nearly two decades of intermittent negotiations and during a geoeconomic crisis triggered by United States President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Over the last decade, India and Bangladesh, as littoral neighbours in the Bay of Bengal, have sought to revitalise maritime connectivity to deepen bilateral engagement and foster wider regional cooperation. Bilateral trade has increased substantially in recent years, despite periodic setbacks, making Bangladesh India’s largest trading partner in South Asia. In FY 2024-25, India’s exports to Bangladesh stood at approximately USD 11.49 billion, while imports were valued at around USD 2 billion, resulting in a trade surplus favouring India.
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