The EU has chosen to replicate the model of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, known as the TTC, with India. In both cases, this formation marks a collaboration that is intended to be close and strategic, in the absence of a trade agreement. Following an announcement to this effect on 25 April 2022 (see EUROPE B12938A14), the two partners officially launched the work of the EU-India TTC on Monday 6 February.
In contrast to the transatlantic version, the EU is negotiating a free trade...