‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement

27/01/2026 09:33 The Guardian

Deal expected to ease access for European cars and wine, in return for Indian exports of textiles, gems and pharmaceuticalsEurope live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesIndia and the EU have finalised a landmark free trade agreement, which the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, hailed as the “mother of all deals”.The agreement comes after almost two decades of on-off negotiations between India and the EU, which vastly accelerated in the past six months and were finally concluded late on Monday night. Continue reading...

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27/01/2026 11:00 The Guardian

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27/01/2026 11:00 The Guardian

‘The mother of all trade deals’: EU and India sign landmark trade agreement – Europe live

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27/01/2026 10:56 The Guardian

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27/01/2026 08:52 The Guardian

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27/01/2026 08:37 The Guardian

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27/01/2026 07:43 The Guardian

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27/01/2026 00:01 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 22:32 The Guardian

Labour announces policing overhaul but critics fear it will centralise power

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26/01/2026 19:10 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 17:29 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 15:16 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 14:54 The Guardian

EU launches inquiry into X over sexually explicit images made by Grok AI

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26/01/2026 14:27 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 13:44 The Guardian

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Many alerts remain in place with power outages in some regionsCalling the storms “historic”, Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, a...

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26/01/2026 13:00 The Guardian

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26/01/2026 10:21 The Guardian

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