A Trade Deal for Two Billion People, Minus One Superpower

The EU and India move on as America’s volatility becomes a problem to hedge against.

The ink is barely dry on what European officials are calling the “mother of all deals,” and already the most conspicuous feature of the agreement is who wasn’t invited to the table. Hint: Donald Trump

Instead, after nearly twenty years of stalled, resurrected, and re-stalled negotiations, the European Union and India quietly did the thing Trump insists i…