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India and European Union drawing closer to navigate Trump, China pressures
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Indian PM Narendra Modi’s visits to Croatia and Cyprus were not just an attempt to deepen ties with these EU states, but also an effort to further the India-EU strategic partnership.
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KOLKATA – India and the European Union have been in a “strategic partnership” since 2004, but never perhaps has this relationship attained the strategic importance that it has today.
The two sides find themselves increasingly aligned not just over shared economic and strategic interests, their common belief in multilateralism as well as people-to-people links, but also due to evolving geopolitical factors, stemming especially from US President Donald Trump’s chaotic policy decisions and the need to decouple from China.
