French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R), whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, poses with India's Prime minister Manmohan Singh at the beginning of the EU/India summit on September 29, 2008 in Marseille, southern France. The European Union is India's largest commercial partner -- ahead of China -- with annual bilateral trade totalling around 60 billion euros (88 billion dollars). Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R), whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, poses with India's Prime minister Manmohan Singh at the beginning of the EU/India summit on September 29, 2008 in Marseille, southern France. The European Union is India's largest commercial partner -- ahead of China -- with annual bilateral trade totalling around 60 billion euros (88 billion dollars).

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