Britain is due to leave the European Union on January 31, but will remain in a transitional arrangement until the end of the year while negotiators debate future trade ties.
The prime minister pointed out that India-EU partnership is based on shared values such as democracy, respect for rule of law, multilateralism, rules-based trade and international order.
'The question of granting an extension, that looks very good,' EU president-elect Ursula von der Leyen said
Ireland also challenges European Commission's crackdown on sweetheart deals to multinationals.
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the issue needed addressing on competition grounds
The efforts are exacerbating the already heightened strain between the United States and Europe over a White House plan to impose stiff tariffs on most steel and aluminum imports
The Commission said divestments offered by Bayer so far did not go far enough