India, EU stick to year-end trade deal goal amid Trump's tariff onslaught

Analysts see timeline as 'ambitious' but view Europe as 'cushion' to absorb tariff shocks

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KIRAN SHARMA

NEW DELHI -- Against the backdrop of global turmoil caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, India and the European Union are set to hold another round of talks on their proposed trade agreement in early October as they aim to conclude these negotiations for a mutually beneficial deal by the end of this year, a timeline analysts view as "ambitious and politically tricky."

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