{"id":98138,"date":"2020-07-20T14:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=98138"},"modified":"2020-07-20T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:13:18","slug":"15th-india-eu-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/15th-india-eu-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"15th India-EU Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements:<br>(a) India and European Union have adopted aRoadmap 2025 towards a global partnership.<br>(b) EU is India\u2019s largest trading partner.<br>Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:<\/strong><br>(a) Only 1<br>(b) Only 2<br>(c) Both 1&amp;2<br>(d) None of the above<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The 15th Summit between India and the European Union (EU) was held in virtual format on 15th July 2020.<\/li><li>India was represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The EU was represented by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>India-EU Strategic Partnership:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The leaders adopted the &#8220;India-EU Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025\u201d to guide cooperation between India and the EU over the next five years.<\/li><li>The roadmap covers cooperation over numerous issues such as Foreign Policy, Security, Human rights, Trade and investment, Business &amp; Economy, Climate change and clean energy, Environment, Urban Development, Information and communications technology, Transport, Health and Food Security, Research &amp; Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Global governance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trade:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India and EU agreed to establish a regular High Level Dialogue at ministerial level to provide guidance to the bilateral trade and investment relations and to address multilateral issues of mutual interest.<\/li><li>India and the EU agreed to keep the global trading system open, with the WTO as the bedrock of the rules-based multilateral trading system and to step up cooperation to preserve, strengthen and reform the WTO.<\/li><li>On 28th June 2007, India and the EU began negotiations on a broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) in Brussels, Belgium.<\/li><li>The negotiations cover Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, Trade Remedies, Rules of Origin, Customs and Trade Facilitation, Competition, Trade Defence, Government Procurement, Dispute Settlement, Intellectual Property Rights &amp; Geographical Indications, Sustainable Development.<\/li><li>However, the talks came to halt in 2013 over differences on market access and movement of professionals.<\/li><li>The EU is India\u2019s largest trading partner grouping (USA-countrywise), while India is the EU &#8216;s ninth biggest trading partner.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Civil Nuclear Cooperation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Both countries have signed the India-EURATOM Agreement on research and development cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Defence and Security Cooperation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Both sides have launched a maritime security dialogue as part of efforts to expand defence and security cooperation.<\/li><li>India briefed EU on the situation at the Line of Actual Control, including the June 15 incident in Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in clashes with PLA troops.<\/li><li>India\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigations and Europol of European Nations have launched negotiations to support law enforcement authorities of India and the Member States of the EU in preventing and combating organised crime and terrorism.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other ratifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India-EU adopted a Joint Declaration on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy.<\/li><li>A circular economy is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources.<\/li><li>The countries welcomed the upcoming renewal of the India-EU Science and Technology Agreement for another five years.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl\/32827\/Joint_Statement_of_the_15th_IndiaEU_Summit_July_15_2020\">https:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl\/32827\/Joint_Statement_of_the_15th_IndiaEU_Summit_July_15_2020<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/sites\/eeas\/files\/eu-india_strategic_partnership_a_roadmap_to_2025_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/sites\/eeas\/files\/eu-india_strategic_partnership_a_roadmap_to_2025_0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements:(a) India and European Union have adopted aRoadmap 2025 towards a global partnership.(b) EU is India\u2019s largest trading partner.Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:(a) Only 1(b) Only 2(c) Both 1&amp;2(d) None of the aboveAnswer: (c)Related facts: The 15th Summit between India and the European Union (EU) was held in virtual format [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":98139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-98138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}