After several rounds of talks, India and the EU have finally concluded negotiations on an enormously consequential free trade agreement — a deal that creates a trade zone of regions that are home to around 2 billion people and account for 25 per cent of global GDP. The “mother of all deals” underlines Delhi’s desire to seek deeper global integration within a predictable rules-based framework at a time when US President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the trading system. Though the formal signing will take place only after the legal scrubbing is finished, this pact will help........

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