How big a deal is the EU-India trade agreement? With Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki and Ajay Srivastava

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  The politicians called it the mother of all trade agreements.

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  After two decades of negotiations, the EU and India managed to get their trade deal over the line.

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  It doesn't take a genius to see what spurred it on.

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  President Donald Trump has been pretty hostile towards his Indian and European counterparts.

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  This deal is a geopolitical statement.

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  It's a way of saying, if you're mean to us, we're going to band together.

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  So it makes for good politics.

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  But what about the economics?

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  Which concessions did each side manage to squeeze out of the other?

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  How big of a deal is the EU-India trade agreement?

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  This is The Economics Show with Samaya Keynes.

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  I am very happy to be back after a long stint away having a baby and writing a book,

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  How to Win a Trade War.

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  This week on the show,

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  I thought I would try something slightly different and speak to two experts to get both a European and an Indian perspective on the deal.

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  So first, I'm joined by Nicholas Gulles-Suzuki,

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  advisor for Trade and Economic Security at the Jacques Delors Institute.

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  Nicholas, hello.

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  Hi, Samaya.

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  OK, you've listened to the show.

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