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Can Modi free India’s trade policy from ’swadeshi’ shackles?
24-Jan-2018 DailyO
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, India is likely to meet a lot of offers for free trade and investment deals. With US, France and Canada leaders meeting their Indian counterpart in coming few months, it is likely that India may enter into a free trade agreement with them. Though, it will be interesting to know how Prime Minister Modi go ahead with these offers.
India’s proposed investment treaty terms leave foreign partners cold
19-Jan-2018 Reuters
Having cancelled investment treaties with about 50 foreign governments last year, India is struggling to convince some to accept new terms that make it harder to seek international arbitration for disputes
Swiss Prez to discuss trade pacts with PM Modi in Davos
19-Jan-2018 Money Control
The two leaders will also discuss, among other trade and business matter, the envisaged free trade agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), of which Switzerland is a member.
Netanyahu urges Modi to speed up dialogue on free trade pact, BIT
16-Jan-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite talks on trade and investment in an effort to take bilateral ties to the next level.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Narendra Modi meet to focus on India, Israel business ties
15-Jan-2018 LiveMint
Forging links between the entrepreneurs of India and Israel in areas of technology and innovation is high on the agenda of both the governments as they look for ways to propel ties to the next level.
India-Peru FTA talks to take stage in March
12-Jan-2018 Financial Express
With bilateral trade between India and Peru touching an all-time high of $1.57 billion, the second round of talks for the trade agreement between the two countries is scheduled to take place in March.
India, Canada look for breakthrough on free trade agreement
29-Nov-2017 Live Mint
Trade ministers of India and China met in New Delhi are looking for another round of talks at the expert level before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India visit
‘India-Canada foreign investment protection pact is ready to be signed’
15-Nov-2017 The Hindu
Canadian International Trade Minister bullish on growing trade ties with New Delhi.
Cabinet approves Joint Interpretative Declaration between India and Colombia
13-Nov-2017 Government of India
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the Joint Interpretative Declaration between India and Colombia regarding the existing Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments.
India, Canada may ‘trade off’ wish lists
13-Nov-2017 The Hindu
Upcoming trade talks will see both sides discussing issues such as high pulses tariff, travel curbs.
India, EU to hold free trade talks next week
9-Nov-2017 Live Mint
India, EU chief trade negotiators will meet next week in New Delhi to hammer out a way forward for the long-pending free trade agreement negotiations between the two sides.
Govt ratifies bilateral investment pact between India, Belarus
28-Sep-2017 India Today
The Indian government approved signing and ratification of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Belarus to boost investment.
A BIT of critique
24-Aug-2017 The Hindu
A committee in India, led by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, has lost an opportunity to push for the recalibration of the country’s BIT regime
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
4-Aug-2017 The Hindu
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed.
FTAs loaded against Third World, says researcher
23-Jul-2017
The Andhra Pradesh government will have to pay up $ 44.71 million in damages if it loses the case in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) for cancellation of an agreement with UAE-based company Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA).
Cabinet approves interpretative notes between India, Bangladesh
12-Jul-2017 Business Standard
The JIN includes the definition of investor and investment, exclusion of taxation measures, Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET), National Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment, expropriation, essential security interests and settlement of disputes between an investor and a contracting party,
US junks Bilateral Investment Treaty talks
29-Jun-2017 The Hindu
Talks deadlocked on investor dispute settlement.
‘Investment pact system needs review’
2-Jun-2017 The Hindu
‘IIA, which has a pro-investor bias, aims to protect only capital and not labour,’ said Saurabh Garg, the Joint Secretary in Indian Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs.
Withdrawal from investment treaties: An omen for waning investor protection in Asia-Pacific?
15-May-2017 Lexology
While India and Indonesia may have withdrawn from existing BITs, this does not necessarily leave foreign investors without any protection.
FinMin to look into changes sought by Canada in draft bilateral treaty
27-Apr-2017 The Hindu
Enormous political pressure to get the bilateral, economic treaties off the ground, say officials.