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India seeks demand list from Asean nations
14-Dec-2009 Economic Times
India has taken the first concrete step towards concluding a deal with the Asean for liberalising trade in services, including cross-border movement of professionals, sending a request list to all Asean members pointing out where exactly the country wants greater access.
Only half Asean members ratify FTA with India
29-Nov-2009 India Journal
India’s trade with South East Asia will be liberalized only partially from January 2010, as half of the 10-nation bloc has not received parliamentary approval for the Free Trade Agreement signed in August.
Farmers protest import of edible oils
25-Nov-2009 Mangalorean
Hundreds of farmers from across the State led by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha blocked the main entrance of the New Mangalore Port on Monday in a symbolic protest against the Union Government’s policy allowing the duty-free import of edible oils.
Making the Asean FTA work
14-Nov-2009
The formalisation of Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) covering the goods sector marks an important step towards India’s deepening trade links with its partners in the Asian region. Viewed as the cornerstone of India’s ‘look east’ policy, this free trade agreement (FTA) would help the two partners unlock the tremendous growth potential that their closer economic integration could bring.
Kerala fishermen protest India-Asean free trade pact
11-Nov-2009
The Kerala Fisheries Coordination Committee (KFCC) comprising several fishermen unions from the state on Tuesday said India-Asean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would adversely impact the livelihood of a million fishermen in the state as cheap imports will cut down demand for local produce.
Fishworkers call for march to Parliament on November 11, 2009 against ASEAN-India FTA
27-Oct-2009 KSMTF
The anger among the Fishworkers, in the face of such a monstrous Agreement, was elaborated by T. Peter (President, KSMTF): “The Fishing Community in Kerala will take all measures to stop this agreement, and will physically prevent any vessel carrying fish from the ASEAN nations from entering Cochin Harbour”.
ASEAN FTA: CM demands apology from Union ministers
26-Oct-2009
Accusing Union ministers from Kerala and Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy of "misleading" the public on the Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN countries, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today demanded an apology from them.
Govt to address plantation growers’ woes on FTA
23-Oct-2009 Hindu Businessline
Grievances of plantation growers over India agreeing to cut duties on import of pepper, black tea, coffee and palm oil will be addressed by a Ministers’ panel next week, an official said.
Look East policy comes of age
21-Oct-2009
This is an important week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Over the weekend, at the Fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand, he will witness the final fruition of the second most important foreign policy initiative he took during his first term in office — the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement.
India, Indonesia set to launch talks for FTA
20-Oct-2009 Times of India
After signing India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement as one of the 10 members of the bloc, Jakarta and New Delhi are set to launch negotiations for a similar bilateral deal to open trade in goods and services.
’FTA concerns will be addressed’: PM
6-Oct-2009 The Economic Times
Kerala’s farmers and political leaders petition India’s Prime Minister on concerns over the India-ASEAN FTA
CPM forms human chain in Kerala over FTA with ASEAN
5-Oct-2009 Stockwatch
CPM chooses a unique way to express its reservation over Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN in Kerala. The party activists formed a 550 km human chain on a rainy Friday evening to register their protest against the pact scheduled to be effective from January, 2010.
The iniquitous perils of the free trade pact
5-Oct-2009
Kerala’s rubber sector, in particular, will vanish if the free import of rubber from outside India under the FTA is allowed. Pepper, coconut, plantation products and similar commodities which form the backbone of Kerala’s economy will die, too.
‘FTA with Asean won’t hit fisheries’
4-Oct-2009
Amid criticism by political rivals and apprehensions that the recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) would be detrimental to India’s agricultural and fisheries sectors, the government today said such fears had no basis.
Kerala ready for massive rally to oppose Asean-India FTA
2-Oct-2009 Bernama
"We are apprehensive about the agreement with Asean. This agreement is not going to protect Kerala farmers. Majority of our farmers survive on small scale farming and they can’t compete when the markets open up," Kerala’s Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran told Bernama in a telephone interview Thursday.
Vietnam may soon get market economy status
1-Oct-2009 The Economic Times
India is to soon recognise Vietnam as a market economy clearing the last hurdle to the India-ASEAN FTA
Centre counters anti-FTA campaign
1-Oct-2009 The Hindu
In a rare move, India’s Union government has launched an ‘Appeal to the People of Kerala’ advertisement campaign to counter the ‘false propaganda’ against the Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement.
CPM gets set to protest FTA with a human chain
29-Sep-2009 Livemint
The Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPM, is pulling out all the stops to ensure the success of a planned statewide human chain on 2 October to protest a free trade agreement between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Tea planters seek financial cover against FTA ‘sting’
22-Sep-2009
Tea planters have sought financial support from the government to counter cheaper imports under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that India has signed with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean).
Fishermen, farmers to protest free-trade agreement
20-Sep-2009
Many fishermen and farmers’ organizations in Mangalore have taken umbrage at a move by the Union government to sign a free-trade agreement with Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).