After US President Donald Trump's threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU on Friday is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA).
India hopes to expand cooperation with the European Union (EU) in artificial intelligence and Indo-Pacific security, government sources said as a delegation led by EU president Ursula von der Leyen and accompanied by the European Union College of Commissioners, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day India visit.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Monday emphasised that the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to extend the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in exchange for more freed hostages.
The European Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, a strategic blueprint aimed at restoring the European Union (EU)'s economic edge and driving technological leadership as it seeks to close the gap with the US and China.
The AfD when founded in 2013 had the reputation of being an old man’s club dissatisfied with Angela Merkel’s fiscal and foreign policies.
If relations between Boris Johnson and Whitehall are today less than cordial, the friction stems from the fact that most civil servants believe Brexit was a mistake and are now approaching it in terms of damage limitation.
He said that some 18,000 refugees had "pressed on the gates and crossed" into Europe.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has less than a year to forge a new relationship ~ encompassing security, defence and economic ties ~ with the bloc.
There are talks in London about a so-called Canada-style trade agreement with zero tariffs.
France has made clear it thinks the negotiations will be particularly difficult, especially in such a tight timeframe.
