European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently vowed to sign and implement the India-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of 2026, announcing to make the ‘mother of all deals’ ‘fully operational at record speed’. The moment will be marked by a large-scale business event for European and Indian companies, she said while addressing the European Round Table for Industry (ERT) in Gothenburg, Scandinavia's largest trading port, yesterday.