‘Geopolitical momentum’: Is EU-India deal a problem to nice powers wielding ‘imperialist coverage’? | EUROtoday

Nadia Massih is happy to welcome Dr. Tobias Scholz, Asia Associate within the Research Cluster of Cybersecurity and Digital Policy on the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.After practically 20 years of on-again, off-again negotiations, the EU-India commerce settlement has been signed and is awaiting ratification in a shifting geopolitical panorama. As Dr. Tobias Schultt explains, Russia’s warfare on Ukraine, the rise of financial protectionism, and a recalibration of world partnerships have pushed each the EU and India to re-evaluate one another’s strategic and financial relevance. Unlike the contested Mercosur deal, the EU-India pact is gaining help, largely as a consequence of its exclusion of delicate agricultural sectors and India’s rising financial and political stature.
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