New Delhi, March 10 -- India and the European Union (EU) will start the 10th round of negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday, with a clear deadline from its top leadership to finalise the pact by this year-end.

While the issues that were holding up the progress remain, the global tariff war set off by the US, change in approach of India to import duties reinforced in the latest budget and flexibility shown by EU on matters of carbon tax and related matters could push negotiations much further in this round, according to experts.

The 10th round of talks in Brussels from March 10 to March 14 comes immediately on the heels of top-level engagement between the two sides with the European Commission's President Ursu...