India
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14-Jun-2019 The Hindu
Commerce Minister reviews free trade pacts
Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has reviewed India’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with partner countries such as Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and the 10-member ASEAN to identify problem areas for the Indian industry and the opportunities they could offer.
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13-Jun-2019 The Economic Times
13 RCEP nations oppose India’s strict country of origin norms
At least 13 countries have opposed India’s proposal for strict criteria to determine the source country of a product, based on which they get tariff concessions or duties, in the RCEP trade pact.
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9-Jun-2019 Economic Times
SAARC has problems, BIMSTEC full of energy, says Jaishankar
Newly appointed external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday rued the fact that South Asia is among the least inter-connected regions in the world, but efforts are being made to make the region more integrated. Referring to BIMSTEC, which connects South Asia with Southeast Asia, Jaishankar said that India has strong synergy with other BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) states.
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6-Jun-2019 The Economic Times
There’s no reciprocation in RCEP
RCEP is a free trade agreement (FTA) that could nullify all the gains made by the goods and services tax (GST).
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5-Jun-2019 The Wire
India’s focus shift from SAARC to BIMSTEC is strategic, but underused
While India has tactfully used the platform to diplomatically isolate Pakistan, it must also tap into BIMSTEC’s immense potential for development, connectivity and trade in the region.
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5-Jun-2019 ORF
SCO 2019: Opportunities and challenges for India
Chinese proposals for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Free Trade Area put forth in 2010 were not received enthusiastically by the members. In 2018, President Xi Jinping again called for the need to begin feasibility studies on the FTA, revealing the lack of progress on this issue.
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27-May-2019 The Hindu Business Line
China proposes ASEAN+3 mega free trade agreement sans India, Australia and NZ
India could be out of the RCEP mega trade deal, if a proposal made by Beijing for a free trade pact excluding New Delhi is taken seriously by other members.
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22-May-2019 Economic Times
RCEP deal may hurt India’s export competitiveness: TPCI
The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement may hurt India’s export competitiveness as the trade balance is already skewed, TPCI said.
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20-May-2019 Business Standard
India reports trade deficit with 11 RCEP members in FY 2018-19
ndia has registered trade deficit in 2018-19 with as many as 11 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries that are negotiating a mega trade pact since November 2012.
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20-May-2019 Business Standard
Taiwan looks to fast-track FTA talks with India, eyes higher tech exports
With an eye on carving out a larger share of the Indian tech products and precision tools market, Taiwan is looking to fast-track discussions on a trade deal with India.
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15-May-2019 Times of India
24 farmers injured as UT police use sticks, water cannons to break stir
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, under the banner of the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh committee, were lathi-charged and faced water cannons by UT police.
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13-May-2019 The Wire
PepsiCo controversy: Globally, India has always refused to give in on IPR on plant varieties
The struggle for farmers’ rights over their seeds and planting materials is not playing out only in India – it’s a global phenomena.
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9-May-2019 The Hindu Business Line
India’s FTAs have hurt its domestic petrochem sector, says FICCI report
Most of the free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by India have not benefited the domestic chemicals and petrochemicals industry.
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8-May-2019 Financial Express
First round of negotiations for the India-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement to take place soon
The first round of India-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which will reduce and/or eliminate customs duties on certain items traded between the two is scheduled to take place soon.
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8-May-2019 Financial Express
Way forward for RCEP: Need to focus on eliminating problems plaguing manufacturing sector and exports
In order to do an independent assessment of the impact of RCEP on the Indian industry, the Indian government has roped in three premier think tanks to prepare the way forward for RCEP negotiations.
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2-May-2019 The Economic Times
India, Iran may hold next round of negotiations for trade agreement in May
Senior officials of India and Iran are likely to hold fifth round of negotiations for a bilateral preferential trade agreement (PTA).
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15-Apr-2019 Business Standard
Comm Min asks independent agencies to hold industry specific consultations on RCEP
The Indian commerce ministry has asked the three agencies, which have been tasked to prepare a report on proposed mega trade agreement RCEP, to get into greater details of issues involved in the pact and hold industry specific consultations
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5-Apr-2019 Gatra.com
Menang atas gugatan internasional, pemerintah harus tetap waspada
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) menyambut baik kemenangan Indonesia atas IMFA. Namun, IGJ meminta agar Pemerintah Indonesia tidak lengah atas kemenangan tersebut.
