(From right) R Selvam, Executive Director, Council for Leather Exports (CLE), and Abdul Wahab, Regional Chairman, South CLE, at a press conference in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday, January 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: BIJOY GHOSH Despite the US‘ tariffs on Indian goods, the Indian leather and footwear industry aims to maintain a flat growth […]
The European Union and India will explore possibilities for India’s participation in European defence initiatives, according to a draft security and defence partnership document seen by Reuters. “The EU and India will consult on their respective defence initiatives, including through exchanges on defence industry-related matters,” the draft partnership, which is set to be signed on […]
The Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has urged the Centre to make provisions for allowing seafood exports from India to the European Union at “nil” duty rates and to remove all non-trade barriers, so that shipments to the region can increase manifold in the coming years. G. Pawan Kumar, president of SEAI, stated that […]
NEW DELHI: Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Brussels this week to provide “strategic guidance” to negotiators finalising the contours of a mutually beneficial India-European Union free trade deal. He will join his EU counterpart Maroš Šefčovič as bilateral talks reach a “historic juncture” after 14 rounds of negotiations in the last 42 months. […]