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SUMMARY:European SMEs on the road to India: intellectual property, business opportunities and challenges
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DESCRIPTION:<p>In November 2018, the <a href="https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/54057/joint-communication-elements-eu-strategy-india_en">EU adopted a new strategy on India</a> which aims to strengthen the EU-India strategic partnership by focusing on sustainable modernisation and on common responses to global and regional issues. It is meant to serve for the next decade as a coherent platform to advance key EU interests, improving the way the EU approaches India.</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/india/">The EU is already India’s first partner in terms of trade and investments</a>. Bilateral trade in goods in 2019 and services in 2018 total € 107,5 billion, while cumulative FDI amounts to 70.35 billion in 2018. It is also worth noting that the EU-India trade in goods is remarkably balanced with exports amounting to €38.2 billion and imports to € 39.6 billion. This proves the complementarity of the two economies. Around 6000 EU companies are present in India, providing direct and indirect employment to around 6.7 million people.</p><p>On the 8th of May 2021, the European Union and Indian leaders will meet for the EU-India summit.</p>
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