EU India FTA The Mother of all deals

J’s Paper today. India EU FTA is the Mother of all deals. The Free Trade Agreement marks a structural reconfiguration of bilateral economic relations, extending well beyond tariff liberalisation into the domains of regulatory cooperation, services integration, mobility, sustainability governance and strategic alignment. Concluded at a moment of geopolitical fragmentation and systemic uncertainty, the agreement reflects a calibrated model of openness, one that deepens market access and economic interdependence while preserving regulatory autonomy, sovereign policy space and domestic adjustment mechanisms. By combining deep industrial and services liberalisation with mobility frameworks, climate cooperation, digital and technology collaboration, and legally enforceable governance structures, the FTA establishes a durable, rules-based architecture for long-term integration between two major global actors, positioning trade not merely as a commercial instrument but as a strategic tool for economic resilience, structural transformation and shared geopolitical stability.