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India, Canada free trade agreement: After 2-year gap, both nations set to talk; here are the key challenges
21-Aug-2017 Financial Express
After a gap of more than two years, India and Canada will resume formal negotiations this week for a free trade agreement (FTA) in goods and services, while talks on a bilateral investment agreement are being handled separately
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.
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.
India refuses Canada’s proposal of signing investment deal before free trade pact
15-Mar-2017 The Hindu
New Delhi says it will not result in a balanced outcome.
On the issues raised by the Canadian side on MFN-forward
6-Mar-2017 DNA
Sitharaman clarified that the negotiation should not get lost in peripheral issues and should focus on bringing in promotion and protection elements.
Let’s talk investment treaty before free trade pact, Canada tells India
4-Mar-2017 The Hindu
Canada is throwing its weight behind an early “progressive” bilateral investment treaty with India before it concludes a bilateral free trade agreement to ensure a stable and predictable environment for its investors.
Canada Trade Min to fast-track FTA talks during India visit
2-Mar-2017 Business Standard
Canada’s Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne is expected to accelerate the negotiation process of the proposed free trade pact with India.
As Trump quashes TPP, Canada pushes pact with India
28-Feb-2017 The Hindu
But Ottawa’s stance on model investment treaty has New Delhi worried
India, Canada talk on investment pact, no consensus on dispute mechanism yet
13-Feb-2017 Financial Express
A successful conclusion of FIPA will provide a much-needed cover for Canadian investments in India and vice versa, and is expected to be an important catalyst in translating the announcements into reality.
India rejects attempts by EU, Canada for global investment agreement
24-Jan-2017 The Hindu
India, along with Brazil, Argentina and some other nations, has rejected an informal attempt by the European Union and Canada to work towards a global investment agreement that would incorporate a contentious ISDS mechanism.
Canada to India: Tighten investment protection norms in new model treaty
24-Oct-2016 The Hindu
New Delhi examining whether dispute settlement mechanism can be tweaked
India trade talks heating up, but ex-envoy cautions: ‘we’ve been to the altar before’
12-Oct-2016 The Hill Times
The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.
India to operationalize BIPA with Canada
28-Sep-2016 Live Mint
On Canada’s insistance, India is expected to sign a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Canada based on an old text, not its new model BIT. The old text contains contentious provisions such as the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Canada re-opens investment talks with India
17-Feb-2016 Embassy
Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.
Canada-India free trade agreement talks delayed
14-Jan-2016 The Hindu
Canada asks officials to focus on TPP ratification instead; wants India to first ink bilateral investment pact.
Trudeau sets sights on free-trade deal with China
7-Jan-2016 The Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to play an activist role in promoting Canadian business and investment with a major trade mission to China and India and a keynote address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
India, Canada closely working to finalise CEPA
21-Oct-2015 The Economic Times
India and Canada are closely working to finalise the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)
’India-Canada FTA likely to be concluded by March 2016’
14-Jul-2015 PTI
The proposed free trade agreement between India and Canada, which aims to reduce or eliminate duties on a large number of products traded between the two nations, is likely to be concluded by March next year, a senior official told PTI.
Alternative summit offers ideas for trade agreements, G7, amid 40,000 protesters
5-Jun-2015 IP Watch
Just days before leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) industrialised countries gather in the well-guarded Bavarian Castle Elmau, a broad coalition of organisations invited free trade critics to an International Summit for Alternatives in Munich.
India-Canada treaty critics team up to fight
20-Apr-2015 The Tyee
As governments in Canada and India herald their progress on a free trade agreement, promising to have it worked out by September, opponents from both countries are preparing to unite in their efforts to stop the deal.