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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?
India plans to revive trade deal with SACU
28-Jun-2023 Mint
Amid declining merchandise exports due to demand slowdown in the west, India is placing renewed focus on striking a trade deal with a union of five countries of Southern Africa.
British minister: UK-India trade deal should have strong investment protections
28-Jun-2023 Reuters
Britain’s investment minister said he would like to see strong investment protections in any future trade deal with India, and that the two countries could work more closely together on financial services even without a trade pact.
India, Australia may conclude talks for comprehensive trade deal by Dec
26-Jun-2023 Business Standard
India and Australia plan to conclude negotiations for a comprehensive trade pact by December, a year after implementing the interim Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), according to people aware of the matter.
India, UAE work on trade niggles
21-Jun-2023 Live Mint
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to begin talks to resolve exporters’ concerns regarding exhaustive details of manufacturing and procurement being sought by customs of both countries to enforce rules-of-origin requirements agreed under the free trade pact last year.
India’s free trade talks ’ignore’ human rights, social justice, environmental impact
21-Jun-2023 Counterview
More than 130 organisations and civil society leaders have expressed concern at the lack of transparency and non-inclusive consultation processes adopted by the Union Government in the negotiations for entering into free trade, comprehensive economic partnership or investment related agreements.
India, UK seek equal treatment for services companies in FTA: Official
19-Jun-2023 Bizz Buzz News
India and the UK are seeking equal treatment in each other’s market for their respective companies engaged in the services sector under the proposed free trade agreement, which is under negotiations.
India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO
5-Jun-2023 Reuters
The exporters’ body warned the EU plan could make India’s free trade agreements with other countries and a proposed pact with the EU "redundant" as the prices of many exporters’ goods would rise.
14 IPEF nations forge stronger supply chains to reduce reliance on China
30-May-2023 Mint
In an evident attempt to decrease their dependency on China and prepare for potential future supply chain challenges, 14 nations involved in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework have reached an agreement.
Kerala: Rubber farmers hold day-night protest demanding MSP for rubber, withdrawal of rubber bill
29-May-2023 News Click
The Kerala Karshaka Sangham held a massive march and day-night protest on May 25 and 26 on various demands of the rubber farmers, including withdrawing from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) India - ASEAN.
India-SICA FTA to be implemented in coming months: Guatemalan Ambassador in India
26-May-2023 KNN India
India and Central American Integration System (SICA) are in the final stages of negotiating the free trade agreement (FTA) and it is expected to be implemented in the coming months.
Eurasian economic union meets to speed up proposed FTA with India
26-May-2023 The Economic Times
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has decided to expedite the proposed free trade agreement with India that would give Indian companies market access to resource-rich Eurasia where China is making deep inroads.
India, Australia free trade pact talks in June, July: FS Vinay Kwatra
26-May-2023 The Economic Times
Regarding the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations between India and Australia, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that they are planned in the month of June, and July respectively regarding the deadline set for CECA negotiations.
Exclusive: India, UK still far apart on free trade deal
23-May-2023 Reuters
India and Britain are struggling to make progress in free trade talks due to differences on some key tariff lines and investment protection rules, making a deal unlikely during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term ending next year.
Tenth round of FTA talks with UK next month in India
23-May-2023 Live Mint
Trade officials of India and UK are set to sit across the negotiating table for the tenth round of talks next month in India between 5 to 9th June, Directorate General of Foreign TTrade (DGFT) Santosh Sarangi said.
In India-EFTA talks, balanced trade and access to services, IPR are key
17-May-2023 Hindustan Times
India and the EFTA agreed in April to resume negotiations on a trade and economic partnership agreement following a push from the European states.
India-Canada free trade pact may include new areas such as labour, environment, gender
17-May-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
Negotiations on the Early Progress Trade Agreement are at an advanced stage for many sectors, say officials.
India and EFTA make progress in talks on new trade agreement
15-May-2023 Live Mint
The Indian government and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states are making progress toward a new Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA), according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said.
India, Canada trade pact to cover goods, services, investments, technical barriers
11-May-2023 The Economic Times
The India-Canada Early Progress Trade Agreement will cover goods, services, investment, rules of origin, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, and dispute settlement, the Indian government said.
Round 9 of India-UK FTA talks concludes with ’detailed’ policy discussions
11-May-2023 The Economic Times
The ninth round of India-UK free trade agreement negotiations concluded with detailed discussions across a range of policy areas, the UK government said.