New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- President Donald Trump is unpredictable and recently managed to surprise himself for pulling off the historic India-EU trade deal, albeit unintentionally. While India's pro-US lobby is arguing that the free trade agreement has nothing to do with the global turbulence caused by Trump's unilateral actions and offensive statements, and that the deal was a work in progress and would have been inevitably concluded anyway, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyan made it clear that the FTA "sends a signal to the world that rules-based cooperation still delivers the best outcomes."

The European Commission, on its website, makes a direct reference to the Trump-triggered global disorder when it says that the Agreem...