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

<p>Wide-ranging deal will cut tariffs to zero over seven years as Modi hails ‘largest free trade agreement’ in India’s history</p><p><strong>Slovakia will challenge the European Union’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/26/ukraine-russia-us-greenland-europe-trade-deal-nato-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-697734218f08311ded61b674#block-697734218f08311ded61b674">decision</a> to ban Russian gas imports, Slovak prime minister Robert Fico said.</strong></p><p>Slovakia will join <strong>Hungary</strong> in challenging the policy at the European court of justice, after the two countries were outvoted on Monday, as they continued to oppose the policy given their heavy reliance on Russian energy imports (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/26/ukraine-russia-us-greenland-europe-trade-deal-nato-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-69776bfc8f083db31f3c18da#block-69776bfc8f083db31f3c18da">Europe Live, Monday</a>).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/27/european-union-india-trade-deal-ukraine-greenland-holocaust-news-updates-europe-live">Continue reading...</a>