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India, Japan agree to deepen strategic partnership
22-Nov-2007
India and Japan on Wednesday decided to advance the conclusion of a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by mid 2008, six months ahead of previous target.
The elephant and the rising sun: Alliance for the future
27-Aug-2007 IntelliBriefs
India is prime "real estate" for Japan, both in economic and defense terms. Most importantly, India is a large consumer market with the potential to increase profits for Japanese corporations.
Abe: India on FTA fast track
23-Aug-2007 Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Wednesday for the rapid completion of a free-trade agreement with India and pledged to help finance a $90 billion freight corridor to spur a doubling of investment in the South Asian nation.
Japan to push business ties in India
17-Aug-2007 Daily Times
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be taking 200 business executives to India on August 21-23. The two countries have already agreed to forge an economic partnership agreement within two years, and they also have an ambitious plan to build, with Japanese assistance, a $90 billion industrial corridor with state-of-the-art infrastructure linking Delhi and Mumbai.
India-Japan CEPA on the anvil
9-Aug-2007 The Statesman
The second round of negotiations for an India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - covering trade, investment and services - will take place in September.
India, Japan differ on safeguards in trade pact
2-Jul-2007
As Japanese trade minister Akira Amari begins his India visit tomorrow, official-level talks on a free trade agreement last week ended with wide differences as New Delhi demanded extra safeguards for its domestic industry but Tokyo opposed such concessions.
Japan keen on Delhi-Mumbai corridor
1-Jul-2007
Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit here late August, India and Japan have stepped up negotiations on an economic pact and the multi-billion dollar Mumbai-Delhi industrial corridor with Trade Minister Akira Amari beginning a five-day visit here Saturday.
Treaty with Japan may legalize dumping toxic waste in India
8-May-2007 RxPG
If the agreements negotiated by Japan with the Philippines and Thailand are anything to go by, the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that is being worked on by the two governments will open the floodgates to Japan’s municipal, medical and hazardous wastes.
Indo-Japan cooperation pact likely to be concluded in a year: Nath
14-Apr-2007
The proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Japan is likely to be concluded within the next one year, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said today. The second round of negotiations for the economic agreement is presently being conducted in Tokyo at the moment.
Japan, India start second round of trade talks
9-Apr-2007
Japan and India have opened a second round of talks on a free trade deal that the two countries aim to seal within two years.
Korea-Chile FTA marks third anniversary
23-Mar-2007 Chosun Ilbo
Korea’s first free trade agreement with Chile, right on the other side of the globe, went into effect on April 1, 2004, bringing significant changes. We enjoy good, cheap Chilean wine and samgyeopsal (fresh bacon), while in Chile, Korean-made mobile phones are a big hit. But our trade deficit increased due to greater raw material imports and over 13,000 Korean farmers sustained harm. So what have been the most significant effects?
India-Japan FTA by 2009
23-Mar-2007 The Statesman
India and Japan today agreed to work for a bilateral free trade agreement by early 2009, enhance cooperation between their navies to strengthen maritime security and hold their first ever policy dialogue in the energy sector.
India, Japan to work for bilateral free trade pact by 2009
22-Mar-2007
India and Japan today agreed to work for a bilateral free trade agreement by early 2009, enhance cooperation between their navies to strengthen maritime security and hold their first ever policy dialogue in the energy sector.
Indo-Japan economic pact to see the light of day within year
10-Mar-2007 Financial Express
India and Japan will ink the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in the next one year, minister of state for industry Ashwani Kumar said on Friday.
India, Japan can rule Asian economy post-CEPA: Envoy
15-Feb-2007 Hindustan Times
Japan is confident that a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated with India would help the two countries dominate Asia’s economic output in the future.
India, Japan move closer to trade pact
5-Feb-2007 Economic Times
India and Japan have decided to set up four working groups in goods, services, investment and bilateral cooperation to take forward negotiations on the proposed bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA).
India keen on economic partnership pact with Japan: PM
6-Jan-2007 India PRwire
Ahead of his visit to Tokyo next week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope that India and Japan will launch negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement soon.