- Negotiations
Sri Lanka has preferential and free trade agreements with India, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Singapore and Israel. It is currently in the processing of upgrading its agreement with India to a much more comprehensive one.
Sri Lanka is also party to SAFTA, the agreement on a South Asia Free Trade Area, as well as BIMSTEC, which aims to hammer out a regional FTA.
last update: May 2012
Photo: Sri Lankan engineers’ association
24-Jul-2019
Daily FT
The assessments are done for the four proposed FTAs namely, ETCA with India, Singapore-Sri Lanka FTA, Thailand-Sri Lanka FTA, and China-Sri Lanka FTA.
13-Jun-2019
Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka and China have agreed to resume the stalled free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
6-Mar-2019
Colombo Gazette
The Government is to review the progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with China, India and Thailand.
9-Jan-2019
Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka and Pakistan have signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) but some certain issues need to be resolved
7-Jan-2019
Mirror Business
Following criticism levelled at the Sri Lanka – Singapore FTA, Sri Lanka has decided to review all feasibility studies of all proposed FTAs
4-Oct-2018
Adaderana
The petition filed seeking a court order pronouncing that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement is against the Constitution, will be taken up for consideration on January 09, the Supreme Court has decided.
10-Sep-2018
The Straits Times
Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to conclude talks on a bilateral investment treaty between their countries before their leaders hold a retreat next month.
10-Sep-2018
Daily FT
Next round of negotiations on Thai FTA in two weeks. Joint feasibility study on FTA with Bangladesh to be implemented soon.
3-Sep-2018
The Island
The rationality behind the Singapore-Sri Lanka FTA is still undiscovered.
3-Aug-2018
Newsfirst
The Association of IT Professionals convened a press briefing in Colombo regarding the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in which they stated it appears Member of Parliament Malik Samarawikrama is not versed on the agreement and that they themselves showed the Minister the clause regarding manpower.
