1-Dec-2023
Financial Express
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States, comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, recently completed the 20th round of negotiations for a Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).
27-Nov-2023
The Hindu BusinessLine
India’s long-pursued demand for a review of the India-Japan Free Trade Agreement may be met with the two sides preparing to take a relook at the rules of origin and product specific rules for greater market access for goods.
27-Nov-2023
The Financial Express
Bangladesh and India agree to wrap up negotiations on a much-vaunted comprehensive partnership forum by 2026, trying to give their close cooperation a further fillip.
24-Nov-2023
Business Standard
India needs to follow a cautious approach while negotiating labour provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs) as those could have potential repercussions on domestic manufacturing and overall trade competitiveness.
24-Nov-2023
The Financial Express
The ROO revision would be in line with the provisions in the trade agreements that are currently being negotiated, where extent of value addition in a product originating from the exporting country is different for each chapter or product.
24-Nov-2023
The North Africa Post
Trade between India and Africa increased by 9.3% between fiscal year 2021/2022 and 2022/2023, reaching $98 billion, according to India’s external affairs minister, as more than 30 African countries have benefited from India’s duty-free tariff preference (DFTP) scheme for least-developed countries.
22-Nov-2023
The Australian Financial Review
Talks to create a historic economic pact with the United Arab Emirates are being revived as the Australian government tries to reboot its free trade agenda after negotiations with the European Union soured over agriculture.
21-Nov-2023
Financial Express
India has urged Singapore and South Korea to speed up the review of trade agreements for concluding the process at the earliest.
20-Nov-2023
The Daily Star
There is little possibility this year of the initiation of official negotiations between Bangladesh and India for the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
13-Nov-2023
The Indian Express
The signing of the India-UK free trade agreement is set to miss this year’s festival as negotiators are still working on contentious issues including chapters pertaining to rules of origin and intellectual property rights.
6-Nov-2023
The Times of India
After a delay of several months, India and the Gulf Co-operation Council have begun discussing the contours of a free trade agreement.