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Joint declaration of first IBSA Summit
14-Sep-2006 PIB
The Prime Minister of India, H.E. Manmohan Singh, the President of Brazil, H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the President of South Africa, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, expressed their full support and commitment to the expeditious establishment of the Working Group to focus on the modalities for the envisaged India-Mercosur-SACU Trilateral Free Trade Agreement (T-FTA).
Fiction and fact: an IBSA pact
13-Sep-2006
IBSA will be a powerful bloc in south-south cooperation with echoes of ‘non-alignment’ in earlier times but from the economic point of view, IBSA is a little fictitious” was Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh’s reported take on this regional formation that includes India-Brazil-South Africa just ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Brazil and Cuba to attend an IBSA and NAM summit.
Asean wants 600 items in free trade negative list
13-Sep-2006 Economic Times
Asean has come up with a composite negative list of 600 products for the proposed Indo-Asean free trade agreement.
Mauritius to sign trade deals with India, Pak
13-Sep-2006 Gulf Times
Mauritius expects to sign trade deals with India and Pakistan in October and November, according to minutes of a cabinet meeting seen yesterday.
Indian trade officials will travel to Sri Lanka to discuss Vanaspathi oil
12-Sep-2006
A high level team of Indian trade officials will arrive in Sri Lanka next week to finalise the quotas for cooking oil and bakery shortening exported from Sri Lanka to India, says the Secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, R.M.K. Rathnayaka.
South Africa: Trade Beat
9-Sep-2006
After a lull in the first half of the year, there appears to be movement on various fronts of SA’s trade agenda.
All FTAs are not created equal
9-Sep-2006
Thai exporters and importers have benefited from the free-trade agreements with Australia and India but reaped fewer benefits from Asean’s FTA with China, according to a survey by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Japan, India to start EPA talks: official
9-Sep-2006
Japan expects to gain agreement from India by the end of this year to start talks on a bilateral economic partnership agreement, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
Singapore still shy over banking
7-Sep-2006
Since the CECA came into effect, trade has increased, but progress in banking is limited.
UK opposition leader proposes EU-India free trade deal
5-Sep-2006 XFN-ASIA
The leader of the UK’s main opposition Conservative Party, David Cameron, has proposed the idea of an EU-Indian free trade pact if the Doha round of global trade talks fails.
Oman seeks fast-track mechanism for India-GCC FTA
4-Sep-2006
Oman today said India and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council should create a fast-track mechanism for early completion of negotiations on the proposed Free Trade Agreement to boost economic engagement.
India seeks free trade accord with European Union: report
31-Aug-2006 AFP
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a European summit in Finland in October, will call for the start of negotiations on an Indian-EU free trade agreement.
Safta & Pak: LDCs may bolster India’s stand
29-Aug-2006
India is likely to get the support of least developed country (LDC) members of the Safta in its fight against Pakistan’s refusal to implement the agreement in its letter and spirit.
Next India and ASEAN talks on FTA in Kochi
28-Aug-2006
After resuming talks on a free trade pact, India and ASEAN are likely to hold another round of discussions in Kuala Lumpur next month and later in Kochi, with a view to finish negotiations by the end of this year.
Indian businesses seek FTA with Bangladesh
26-Aug-2006
A business delegation of India yesterday underscored the need for inking a free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and India to boost trade between the two countries.
India offers economic pact to Nepal
25-Aug-2006
India has offered to deepen its bilateral trade relations with Nepal by mooting a comprehensive economic parternship agreement (CEPA) to include services and investment. It has also offered to negotiate a more liberal bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPPA).
India to review sensitive list, says Nath
24-Aug-2006
Despite the tense negotiations behind doors, India said it will now study Asean’s sensitive list comprising 1,900 goods before pursuing its free trade negotiations with the 10-member grouping.
ASEAN, India agree to resume FTA talks
24-Aug-2006
ASEAN today requested that India make further tariff concessions in its list of goods and services offered under a beleaguered Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the two sides agreed to resume FTA talks suspended by the 10-member grouping because of alleged lack of progress.
Indo-Pak relations obstacle for SAFTA: FBCCI
24-Aug-2006
Bilateral relations between India and Pakistan are posing "threat" to SAFTA, the apex business chamber of Bangladesh said on Thursday.
Conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and India at an early date - Nippon Keidanren
23-Aug-2006 Nippon Keidanren
A plea from the Japan Business Federation for a Japan-India FTA, outlining what the corporations would like it to provide.