Europe’s India and Vietnam deals signal a historic shift away from coercion towards cooperation that respects developing countries’ sovereignty Europe’s India and Vietnam deals signal a historic shift away from coercion towards cooperation that respects developing countries’ sovereignty F or the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the EU’s trade pact with India was the “ mother of all deals ”. Seen from the other end of the telescope, it looked like the mouse of all deals ,