16 Jul 2026
EU and India deepen technological partnership
On 15 July, the European Union and India held the third meeting of their Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Brussels. Both sides agreed to deepen their partnership by focusing on strengthening strategic value chains, developing critical technologies and increasing cooperation between their businesses. 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.
On digital and strategic technologies, the EU and India agreed to deepen cooperation on artificial intelligence, exploring best practices for AI innovation, such as in healthcare. The two sides will also reflect on further collaboration in high-performance computing, including through a coordinated project to support research on natural hazards, climate change and bioinformatics. The two partners agreed to strengthen collaboration on semiconductors, with a focus on resilient, secure and trusted semiconductor supply chains, as well as on enhancing cooperation on advanced manufacturing and on facilitating investments in semiconductor and electronics ecosystems.
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