New Delhi: If you have heard of the ‘laws of attraction’ you would appreciate that India is right in the center of it. Be it the law of magnetism, manifestation or just unwavering desire, the South Asian country is calling all the shots right now. Is it mere positivity that is attracting other countries and associations to seek India’s partnership, or is there more to this emerging world order? Only time will let us know, but for the moment New Delhi should make all the hay as the sun shines.

As we write this piece, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is en route to India for a two-day visit starting February 27. She is accompanied by an entourage of 27 Commissioners of the EU aka the College of Commissioners. The visit is particularly noteworthy as this marks the first-ever visit of the EU College of Commissioners together to India. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the visit is also “among the first such visits since the start of the mandate of the current European Commission in December 2024 after the European parliamentary elections held in June 2024.”

Trade and Tariffs is on the agenda menu, according to officials in the know. Chief Leyen and her commissioners are scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi during their two-day visit and the focus could most likely be on the Free Trade Agreement and the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC).

By the looks and the talks around it, the Bloc seems to be aiming at making this meet with India, very “commercially meaningful.” Free trade agreements that would address tariffs and non-tariff barriers, especially on commercial items,........

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