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Technical talks on India-Peru Free Trade Agreement start
11-Aug-2023 Financial Express
Technical teams of India and Peru have started negotiations on the modalities and scope of the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which will lay down the basis of negotiations.
India seems unlikely to return to RCEP due to China
9-Aug-2023 Jakarta Globe
Original negotiating member India is still unlikely to return to the world’s largest trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as it fears it still cannot compete with an influx of Chinese imports, according to a former World Bank executive.
India, Peru decides to resume FTA talks
4-Aug-2023 Devdiscourse
India and South American country Peru have decided to resume negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with an aim to promote two-way commerce and investment, a top government official said.
EU trade deals risk affordability of generic medicines for Global South
28-Jul-2023 Politico
The disproportionate intellectual property protections the bloc proposes could threaten the affordability of generics that countries like India and Indonesia export to poorer nations.
India asking for renegotiation of FTAs with Japan, S.Korea -trade minister
28-Jul-2023 The Print
India has asked Japan and South Korea to renegotiate their free-trade agreements (FTAs) with the South Asian nation to make it “more balanced and equitable”, India’s trade minister said amid a widening trade gap with the countries.
India-ASEAN trade deal ill conceived: Goyal
28-Jul-2023 Live Mint
India-ASEAN trade deal signed under the UPA era is one of the most ill-conceived deals, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said at an industry event.
India, UK concludes 11th round of FTA talks; next meeting in coming months
25-Jul-2023 The Economic Times
India and the UK have held detailed draft treaty text discussions in nine policy areas in the just concluded eleventh round of Free Trade Agreement talks. The commerce and industry ministry said that technical discussions were held across nine policy areas over 42 separate sessions.
India & UK look to close FTA talks on five chapters with contentious issues
17-Jul-2023 Indian Express
India and the UK are looking to close negotiations over five chapters dealing with contentious issues such as digital trade, environment and labour in the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
India, EU disagree over dispute settlement in proposed investment protection pact
13-Jul-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi insists on ’exhaustion of local remedies’ clause but Brussels wants investor court system.
India and GCC revitalize economic partnership: Resuming Free Trade Agreement negotiations
13-Jul-2023 Financial Express
Building upon the progress made, last year in November, India and the GCC countries expressed their commitment to pursuing a FTA and resumed negotiations.
India, EFTA agree for early conclusion of talks for free trade agreement
13-Jul-2023 Devdiscourse
India and the four-nation bloc EFTA have agreed for early conclusion of negotiations for a free trade agreement, which aims at increasing economic ties between the countries, the commerce ministry said.
Goyal, Badenoch hold ‘frank discussions’ on difficult issues of India-UK FTA
13-Jul-2023 The Hindu Business Line
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for Trade Kemi Badenoch achieved “considerable progress’’ during their frank discussions on various difficult issues related to the proposed India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Indian Govt fears EU’s carbon tariffs will raise compliance costs, impede free trade
7-Jul-2023 CNBC TV
Indian experts accredited by the government will be assessing the carbon content as India and European Union (EU) negotiate the Free Trade Agreement, as per sources in the government.
India pushes for Asean FTA update on trade gap
6-Jul-2023 Mint
India has initiated talks with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to address concerns over the rules of origin and trade imbalance.
India-UK FTA nears completion, services sector in focus to boost trade, investments
6-Jul-2023 CNBC TV18
Half of the chapters negotiated in the pact have been concluded, UK’s Minister for International Trade said.
‘India, EU can redo int’l economic order’
4-Jul-2023 Mint
A trade relationship between India and the European Union holds the potential to significantly reshape the global economic order, but the two entities need to find common ground on various issues first.
PH, India to commence bilateral trade deal negotiations
30-Jun-2023 PNA
The Philippine and Indian governments have agreed to begin the negotiations on a bilateral preferential trade agreement, which will reduce and eliminate tariffs on various goods.
Proposed EU-India FTA
30-Jun-2023 Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Can India protect its development objectives by signing a free trade agreement with an unequal partner with different ambitions?
India plans to revive trade deal with SACU
28-Jun-2023 Mint
Amid declining merchandise exports due to demand slowdown in the west, India is placing renewed focus on striking a trade deal with a union of five countries of Southern Africa.
British minister: UK-India trade deal should have strong investment protections
28-Jun-2023 Reuters
Britain’s investment minister said he would like to see strong investment protections in any future trade deal with India, and that the two countries could work more closely together on financial services even without a trade pact.