New Delhi, March 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday threw their weight behind the ambitious goal of finalising an India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) within the year, against the backdrop of a global economic churn due to the trade policies of the Donald Trump administration.
The two leaders unveiled other measures to intensify cooperation between India and the European Union (EU), ranging from a proposed security and defence partnership and a new space dialogue to closer collaboration on artificial intelligence (AI) and the interoperability of digital public infrastructure.
Von der Leyen is in India with 22 members of the 27-strong EU College of Commissioners for the first s...