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India-EU FTA: What the deal means for digital trade and intellectual property rights
2-Mar-2026 The Week
The deal points to creating a secure digital trade environment by promoting paperless transactions and cyber-security .
Digital trade chapter not in India-US interim trade pact; to be taken up in BTA, says official
17-Feb-2026 The Economic Times
India and the US have not yet discussed digital trade in their initial trade agreement. This crucial chapter will be negotiated as part of the larger bilateral trade agreement. US companies are eager to explore India’s rapidly expanding digital trade sector.
India to commit zero tax on digital services in trade pact
11-Feb-2026 Financial Express
India will commit to zero tax on digital services and avoid customs duties on digital transmissions under the India-US trade pact, a move that experts warn could limit future policy space as AI and digital services expand.
India, Israel enter deeper trade and tech ties with FTA talks: Report
1-Dec-2025 IANS
India and Israel are strengthening their relations centred on trade talks, technology partnerships and strategic coordination, according to a new report.
India, US agree not to seek info on source code
3-Oct-2025 The Economic Times
Selling of products and services by US companies in India is likely to get easier with the two countries renegotiating a trade deal, with focus on facilitating digital trade.
Press Release: The UK-India CETA: for illusory gains in exports, India loses massive policy space to protect its health, data, and livelihoods
14-Aug-2025 Focus on the Global South
The Forum for Trade Justice condemns the UK-India CETA for allowing India to make severe concessions that undermine its ability to maintain public health safeguards, control digital data sovereignty, and protect domestic industries, while the promised export gains are minimal or illusory.
India, EU resolve digital differences in free trade agreement talks
21-Jul-2025 Business Standard
India and the European Union (EU) have reached an in-principle agreement on the contentious digital trade chapter, marking a key step toward concluding a free trade agreement, though “substantial differences” remain over trade and sustainable development provisions.
Analyzing the India-UK FTA: is India giving up its ‘digital sovereignty’ dream?
2-Jul-2025 Medianama
The India-UK FTA includes several trade liberalization measures, with a special emphasis on digital trade provisions. These provisions, while appearing to promote free trade principles like non-discrimination, have significant implications for India’s domestic digital policies aimed at maintaining regulatory control and supporting digital sovereignty.
India-UK trade pact: A new paradigm for the digital economy Vivan Sharan , Ajai Garg
20-May-2025 Mint
The free trade agreement between New Delhi and London marks India’s turn from defensive caution to strategic ambition as it seeks to shape the digital economy’s rules.
After India-Norway pact, Nordic cos eye Goa as hub
19-May-2025 The Times of India
The recently signed India-EFTA (European Free Trade Association) Free Trade Agreement between India and Norway has prompted Nordic firms to explore Goa as a potential hub.
US-India trade talks underway: Farm goods, ecommerce and data centre among 19 key sectors in focus
28-Apr-2025 Financial Express
19 categories of products are the focus of the ongoing negotiations. Data storage, Ecommerce, farm products and critical minerals are the key sectors in the discussion.
Critical minerals, Antarctica focus of India- Chile talks on economic partnership
2-Apr-2025 Mint
India and Chile will soon begin talks on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement focusing on a wide range of sectors like critical minerals, Antarctica and digital public infrastructure.
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?
Digital divide: India-UK FTA faces data flow rift
24-Apr-2023 Mint
India’s insistence on data localization is a “major stumbling block" to a planned free trade agreement with the UK, a report tabled in House of Commons said, signalling continuing differences on cross-border data flow issues.
‘Chile is looking to include digital services as well in trade agreement with India’: Alex Wetzig
5-Apr-2023 The Indian Express
Following the recent agreement between Chile and India for cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors, Chile is looking to expand its trade basket with India, Alex Wetzig, Secretary General, Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
India-UK trade talks home in on digital trade, investor protection
23-Mar-2023 Nikkei Asia
Indian and British negotiators will be seeking a landing zone on digital trade and investor protection as they hold another round of free trade talks in New Delhi.
Australia eyes digital services pact with India
22-Nov-2022 The Economic Times
Australia is eyeing a pact on digital services as part of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India as the two countries aim to upgrade the bilateral relationship.
FTA talks face ’deadlock’ over Delhi’s data rules
10-Oct-2022 Tribune India
Data localisation and UK companies being allowed to bid for Indian government contracts are among the issues causing a possible deadlock in the final stages of the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations towards a Diwali draft completion deadline.
Australia hopes digital trade agreement with India by the year-end
2-May-2022 Business Standard
Australia expects to sign a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with India by the year-end, which will include a deal on digital trade that it said will further facilitate bilateral trade.
IP, tariffs, data protection to dominate UK-India FTA negotiations
20-Dec-2021 Business Standard
Intellectual Property protection and enforcement, standards, tariffs on several products, and data protection are among the key issues that would dominate the India-UK FTA.