The European Union and India held the third meeting of their Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Brussels, reaffirming the TTC as a central platform for cooperation on trade, technology and security.
Underlining the growing ambition of the EU-India strategic partnership, both sides agreed to focus on strengthening strategic value chains and deepening business engagement. The partners committed to finalising the upgrade of the TTC by the end of the year, as foreseen in the Joint EU-India Comprehensive Strategic Agenda adopted at the 16th EU-India Summit in January this year.
Concretely, the EU and India agreed to:
- Start formal negotiations on India's association to Horizon Europe, with the aim of concluding before end 2026;
- Establish the first EU-India Innovation Hub on electric vehicle charging technologies and testing;
- Launch an EU-India Startup Partnership focused on deep tech clean technologies;
- Step up cooperation on semiconductors, high-performance computing, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and 6G;
- Strengthen work on resilient value chains in agri-food, active pharmaceutical ingredients and clean energy technologies.
The meeting reviewed progress under the TTC's three work strands: digital connectivity and strategic technologies; clean and green technologies; and trade, investment and resilient value chains.
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