Brussels : The third meeting of the India-European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on Wednesday advanced cooperation across three key working groups covering strategic technologies and digital connectivity, clean and green technologies, and trade, investment and resilient value chains, with both sides announcing a series of initiatives in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, green technologies, startups and supply chain resilience.
The India-EU TTC met for the third time in Brussels on July 15, and the meeting was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada from the Indian side.
The European Union side was represented by European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maros Sefcovic, and Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva.
Established by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2022, the India-EU TTC serves as a key platform to address challenges related to trade, trusted technology and security while strengthening bilateral cooperation.In a post on X, Jaishankar said the meeting reviewed ongoing cooperation in strategic technologies, digital connectivity, clean energy, trade, investments and resilient supply chains.
"Concluded a productive meeting of the India - EU Trade and Technology Council alongside CIM Piyush Goyal, MoS MEITY Jitin Prasada and Principle Scientific Advisor Prof Ajay K Sood. Thank EVP Henna Virkkunen, Commissioners Ekaterina Zaharieva and Maros Sefcovic, for their useful inputs and deliberations," EAM wrote.
"As international economy faces supply chain chokepoints, market access issues and technology gaps; trusted and reliable partnerships like that of India and EU show the way forward. Reviewed our ongoing cooperation in strategic technologies & digital connectivity, clean energy, trade, investments and resilient supply chains. Also focused on emerging technologies, skilling, deep tech startups, green hydrogen and EV & batteries. Confident that today's TTC meeting will take forward the strong momentum of our partnership enabled by the India - EU FTA, Security and Defence partnership and the Mobility Framework," he added.
According to the joint statement issued following the meeting, under the first working group, India and the EU reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, high-performance computing, quantum technologies, digital governance and next-generation telecommunications.
Both sides agreed to continue technical work to improve interoperability of digital trust services, including e-signatures, and explore cooperation on digital wallet interoperability, including a possible pilot linking the EU Digital Identity Wallet and India's DigiLocker.
India and the EU also agreed to explore the development of a Joint Artificial Intelligence Roadmap and continue sharing best practices on responsible AI adoption, including governance approaches for emerging AI applications.
The two sides further agreed to deepen cooperation in high-performance computing and quantum technologies, including joint research and knowledge exchange in areas such as natural hazards, climate change and bioinformatics.
On semiconductors, India and the EU reaffirmed their commitment to building secure and trusted semiconductor supply chains. Both sides agreed to hold a joint India-EU roundtable during Semicon India 2026 and strengthen collaboration in semiconductor research, capacity building, advanced manufacturing and critical minerals supply chains.