Expert comment: “EU-India trade deal: a step forward for gender equality, but more ambition needed”, ODI Global.

Expert comment (with Prachi Agarwal, ODI Global) on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement signed in January 2026. It finds that the agreement’s trade and gender provision consists mostly of non-binding commitments that sit under each party’s right to regulate, and argues that its impact on women will depend on implementation, including mainstreaming gender across core trade instruments and setting clear, measurable goals.
Link: https://odi.org/en/insights/eu-india-trade-deal-a-step-forward-for-gend…