The 2026 EU–India free trade agreement: why it matters for global health and trade
Covering a combined population of nearly two billion people and approximately a quarter of the global gross domestic product, the 2026 free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and India has been described as “the largest trade agreement that both the EU and India have ever concluded”.1 Geopolitical developments acted as a catalyst, urging closer collaboration to decrease dependency on the USA and China and to bolster trade and collaboration between the world’s two largest democracies.
Authors
- Till Bärnighausen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-4212)
- Gopal Dabade
- Astrid Berner-Rodoreda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5484-890X)
- Milena Vainieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0914-4487)
- Anniek de Ruijter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6140-8988)
- Jolene Skordis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8633-0208)
- Andrew Farlow
- Quique Bassat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-7596)
- Elil Renganathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-5201)
- Pramiti Parwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1331-2308)
- Fabrizio Tediosi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-9400)
- Eldrid Herrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8105-403X)
- Günter Fröschl
- Raffaella Ravinetto
- Katrina Perehudoff
- Emmanuel André
- Tim Taylor
- Rifat Atun
- Khaled M. Ismail
- Gorik Ooms
- Sangeeta Sharma
- Chetali Rao
Institutions
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- Harvard University (US)
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Rega Institute for Medical Research (BE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Cambridge School (PT)
- Bridge University (SS)
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology (BE)
- Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IN)
- India Health Action Trust (IN)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases (VN)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
- Published
- 2026-07-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101794
- Primary Topic
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00