What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us The European Union and India Monday launched a new Trade and Technology Council.  The bilateral annual political talks will be chaired on the EU side by Vestager and her fellow Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, and on the Indian side by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, minister of external affairs; Piyush Goyal, minister of commerce and industry; and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of electronics and information technology.  The bilateral annual political talks will be chaired on the EU side by Vestager and her fellow Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, and on the Indian side by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, minister of external affairs; Piyush Goyal, minister of commerce and industry; and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of electronics and information technology