{
  "id": 10449835,
  "title": "Pioneering the CEE–India–Brazil triangle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/pioneering-the-cee-india-brazil-triangle",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-28T12:18:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Emerging Europe",
    "slug": "emerging-europe",
    "url": "https://emerging-europe.com/pioneering-the-cee-india-brazil-triangle/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three regions that are optimistic about their futures should come together now. As you walk through cities like São Paulo, Mumbai and Bucharest, you can feel a common thread: a belief that tomorrow will be better than today. Entrepreneurs want their businesses to grow, families want their children to do better than they did, companies want to expand internationally, cities want investment and recognition, and countries want to have a bigger role on the global stage. This shared mindset is rare, as most international discussions revolve around decline. However, there are other areas of the world that are focused on historic growth, and these three regions are part of it. India, Brazil and Central and Eastern Europe are all experiencing historic rise without relying on decline. This convergence is happening without anyone intentionally bringing it about, and countries that recognize it first will shape the terms for others.\n\nThe European Union is broadening its connections beyond its usual partnerships. In January 2026, the EU and India signed what the Commission calls the largest trade agreement they have ever negotiated. The EU and Mercosur (Brazil) also signed their Partnership Agreement in January 2026, with the interim text applying from May. Both the EU and Brazil are deepening cooperation on clean energy, raw materials, sustainable transport and digital connections. This means that the European Union, Brazil and Central and Eastern Europe are all moving in the same direction of diversification.\n\nThis triangle of regions has a unique advantage: it is still relatively undeveloped, so it is free of historical grievances. There is no century-long resentment to overcome, no colonial legacy, and no frozen disputes. This clean slate allows ambition to shape the future. However, Central and Eastern Europe needs to play a more significant role in this conversation. After three decades of focusing on Western integration, the region should start looking to the South and East with the same confidence it has always had for the West. Central Europe and the Baltics have a population of around 100 million people and offer a relatively untapped economic space with industrial capacity, sophisticated services, skilled labor, and NATO membership. The region should shift its image from being Europe's low-cost production platform to being Europe's next core in manufacturing, defense, energy, IT, logistics, agriculture, and innovation. Central and Eastern Europe's emerging export-oriented firms and crisis-resistant business model make it an attractive destination for Indian and Brazilian companies seeking their next European chapter.",
  "summary": "Why three regions that believe in their future should discover each other now. Walk through São Paulo, Mumbai or Bucharest and, beneath the obvious differences, you feel the same thing: ambition, expressed less as the performative optimism of a conference stage than as the working assumption, held by ordinary people, that tomorrow can be bigger […] Pioneering the CEE–India–Brazil triangle was…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}