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India, Russia to explore CEPA
11-Jun-2007
India and Russia have decided to explore signing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that will include not only features of an FTA but also trade in services and investment.
International signature campaign against EFTA FTAs
11-Jun-2007 Berne Declaration
The member states from the European Free Trade Association EFTA (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland) are increasingly negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with developing countries. In 2007, they strive to enter into negotiations with Peru, Colombia, India and Indonesia. Plese join this signature campaign to stop them.
Sri Lanka to announce FTA with India by March ’08
9-Jun-2007
The proposed free trade Agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and India can become a reality by March 2008. It would trigger trade between the two countries and offer opportunities to exploit potential in service sectors such as finance, tourism, health and education, said CII Southern Region Chairman P K Mohapatra on his return from Colombo on Friday.
The official line - India
5-Jun-2007 AllAfrica.com
In the last decade or so, India and South Africa have signed about 35 sectoral bilateral agreements. They are right now concluding a bilateral investment protection agreement and negotiating a preferential trade agreement.
India and Brazil float CEOs forum
5-Jun-2007 Deccan Herald
India and Brazil, on Monday, floated a forum of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to facilitate both countries achieving a bi-lateral trade of $10 billion by 2010 with the visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asserting that the new world economic order cannot be negotiated without taking on board two of the most important developing nations.
India, Brazil trade target fixed at $10bn by 2010: Nath
4-Jun-2007
Union minister of commerce and industry Kamal Nath said on Monday that Brazil and India have set a target of bilateral trade of $ 10 billion by 2010.
Development Through Trade
4-Jun-2007
Indian interest in the South African economy is growing apace. Planned investments by Indian companies in SA over the coming years reportedly add up to billions of rands.
India, Mercosur, SACU agreement to enhance trade
4-Jun-2007
Government today said a trilateral agreement with trade bloc Mercosur and South Africa Customs Union (SACU) is under consideration to widen the scope of South-South Cooperation.
Pak, Bangla fears about open trade with India misplaced: Sinha
4-Jun-2007
Describing Bangladesh and Pakistan’s fears about having open trade with India as "completely misplaced", former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday asked them to understand the logic of mutual economic benefits which should triumph over politics.
India, Brazil have reasons to join hands
4-Jun-2007 Economic Times
The India-Brazil strategic partnership formalised in September last year during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tour of the South American country will be reinforced this week with specific inputs on trade and technology, according to official sources.
Consolidation of the India-Brazil strategic partnership
3-Jun-2007
The meaning of my visit to India - the second one since my election as the President of Brazil - is to reiterate our readiness to forge a strategic alliance between our countries as I announced during my inaugural address in 2003. The visit of Prime-Minister Manmohan Singh to Brasilia in 2006 has greatly contributed to reinforce this partnership.
Trade facilitation under the SAFTA
3-Jun-2007
Business houses in South Asian region are seeking specific timeframe to remove bottlenecks that hinder trade and investment in the SAARC region. It is sad to note that whatever developments take place in the business and political forums; those are not implemented at the operation level.
India`s ASEAN offer alive to concerns of plantation sector`
3-Jun-2007
India’s latest offer on duty cuts under the proposed FTA with ASEAN addresses long-term concerns of tea, coffee and pepper producers who are embarking on a major replantation drive, government has said.
India, Sri Lanka negotiating CEPA
31-May-2007
India and Sri Lanka are working on upgrading their economic relations through a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that would expand the existing FTA to include trade in services and encourage investment.
China, India to advance feasibility research on regional trade arrangement
30-May-2007
Chinese and Indian trade officials will meet in Beijing next month to discuss the viability of initiating a regional trade arrangement, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Wang Xinpei said on Wednesday at a regular press conference.
Trade talks setback
30-May-2007
Ministers from India and Oman offered different views on the progress of free-trade talks between India and Gulf countries, although both officials yesterday said a deal was achievable.
India, Brazil aim to strengthen bonds
29-May-2007
One of the major outcomes of the visit of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit a couple of years ago (2004) was the signing of a market access treaty that established tariff preferences between India and the countries of Mercosur (Southern Common Market), made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Brazil’s Mercosur partners sent representatives as part of Lula’s retinue.
‘Speed up FTA talks with GCC countries’
29-May-2007
Serious differences surfaced between commerce minister Kamal Nath and Oman commerce minister Maqbool Ali Sultan on Tuesday over the free trade agreement (FTA) between India and GCC countries.
Oman disappointed with pace of Indo-GCC FTA talks
29-May-2007
Oman today expressed disappointment with the slow pace of talks on Free Trade Agreement between India and the Gulf Cooperative Council and asked officials of both sides to take it up on priority.
FTA talks with EU to begin soon
28-May-2007
The council of European Union (EU) has given a mandate to European Commission to pursue negotiations to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with India.