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India-UK trade talks to focus on key tariff barriers and emerging sectors
1 month ago

India-UK trade talks to focus on key tariff barriers and emerging sectors

Live Mint  

The India-UK free trade agreement talks that are set to resume in early 2025 will focus on a range of critical areas including market access, regulatory frameworks, and tariff barriers. A successful FTA would facilitate increased trade across sectors like technology, agriculture, and manufacturing, while also deepening diplomatic ties, said Abhash Kumar, assistant professor of economics at Delhi University. India …

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Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to push trade deals in U.K.
1 year, 5 months ago

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to push trade deals in U.K.

The Hindu  

Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal is heading for a two-day visit to London, starting Monday, to take forward negotiations for bilateral trade pacts with the United Kingdom and the four-nation European Free Trade Association bloc. U.K.’s Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston said last week that half of the chapters in the proposed bilateral trade agreement had …

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India nudges Russia to address trade imbalance due to discounted oil
1 year, 8 months ago

India nudges Russia to address trade imbalance due to discounted oil

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement involving the Eurasian Economic Union, leaders of the two countries said on Monday against the backdrop of bilateral economic ties seeing a sharp expansion since the start of the Ukraine war. Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov and external affairs minister S Jaishankar at the India-Russia Business Dialogue in …

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india european union freetrade agreement gamechanger jaishankar
1 year, 9 months ago

india european union freetrade agreement gamechanger jaishankar

ABP News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that a Free Trade Agreement between India and European Union would be a game-changer. Speaking at an event at the Confederation of Indian Industry, Jaishankar emphasized that Europe and India can strengthen each other's strategic autonomy by cooperating on critical technologies, reducing dependencies, and ensuring supply-chain restructuring. India and the European Union …

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Climate, labour remain knotty issues in EU FTA
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate, labour remain knotty issues in EU FTA

Hindustan Times  

Several knotty issues related to labour, environment and sustainability that have emerged in negotiations between India and the European Union on a free trade agreement will require political guidance for further progress, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. In the case of trade in goods, a report prepared by the EU side after the third round of negotiations, …

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India & Bangladesh discuss re-opening of border haats, rupee trade & FTA
2 years ago

India & Bangladesh discuss re-opening of border haats, rupee trade & FTA

Live Mint  

India and Bangladesh on Thursday discussed a range of issues including re-opening of border haats, settlement of trade in Indian rupees and possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. The comes after commerce minister Piyush Goyal met his counterpart from Bangladesh Tipu Munshi here. “The Ministers discussed various issues of mutual interest including removal of non-tariff barriers and port …

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India- UK free trade agreement talks face deadlock over data, says report
2 years, 2 months ago

India- UK free trade agreement talks face deadlock over data, says report

Firstpost  

London: 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 negotiations towards a Diwali draft completion deadline, according to a UK media report on Sunday. ‘The Daily Telegraph’ quoted a source close to the talks to say that …

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India, Taiwan should consider finalising FTA as soon as possible: Taiwan Government Representative
2 years, 2 months ago

India, Taiwan should consider finalising FTA as soon as possible: Taiwan Government Representative

The Hindu  

India and Taiwan should firm up the proposed free trade agreement at the earliest as it will remove all barriers to trade and investment and help create a resilient supply chain, Government Representative at Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India Baushuan Ger said. Mr. Ger said Taiwan has been actively pursuing FTA with like-minded trading partners including India and …

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How a trade deal with the EU could shape up
2 years, 7 months ago

How a trade deal with the EU could shape up

Live Mint  

After signing comprehensive economic and trade agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Australia, India has stepped up efforts to negotiate a free trade agreement with the European Union. The EU is India’s third largest trading partner, accounting for 11.8% of India’s total trade in 2020-21, after the US and China. India is the EU’s tenth largest trading partner, accounting …

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Japan still hopes India will re-join RCEP: Japan Cabinet official Noriyuki Shikata
2 years, 9 months ago

Japan still hopes India will re-join RCEP: Japan Cabinet official Noriyuki Shikata

The Hindu  

Japan has still not given up hope that India might reconsider joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that it quit in 2019, a senior Japanese official said, indicating that India-Japan collaborations in other countries may be impacted if India continues to stay out. “RCEP will benefit the Indian economy with a better supply chain, especially with ASEAN countries,” Japan’s Cabinet …

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Ink India-Britain free trade, unlock new opportunity
2 years, 10 months ago

Ink India-Britain free trade, unlock new opportunity

The Hindu  

In May last year, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson announced their shared vision for a transformative decade for the India-United Kingdom partnership. Both governments have already taken action; for example, unlocking the export of British apples to India and enabling a greater number of Indian fisheries to export shrimp to the U.K. Small but meaningful steps by which …

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Piyush Goyal urges Asean to remove barriers, curb misuse of FTAs
3 years, 2 months ago

Piyush Goyal urges Asean to remove barriers, curb misuse of FTAs

Hindustan Times  

Trade minister Piyush Goyal on Friday called upon the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to do away with non-tariff barriers and curb the misuse of free trade agreements by third parties, often outside the region. I think this only results in reciprocal action from other countries, including India and will hurt the long-term desire of our leaders to expand trade …

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Piyush Goyal pushes for ASEAN FTA renegotiation
3 years, 2 months ago

Piyush Goyal pushes for ASEAN FTA renegotiation

The Hindu  

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called for a renegotiation of the India-ASEAN free trade agreement, to prevent its misuse by ‘third parties’ and remove trade restrictions as well as non-tariff barriers that he said have hurt Indian exports disproportionately since the pact was operationalised in 2010. “India is currently witnessing exponential growth in imports from the ASEAN region, while …

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U.S. not interested in trade pact: Piyush Goyal
3 years, 4 months ago

U.S. not interested in trade pact: Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

Hopes of an India-U.S. trade pact are off the table for now, with the Joe Biden administration conveying to India that it is not interested in a free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The minister also said that India has begun working on an FTA with Bangladesh, and is close to sealing an early …

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After India-EU Summit, Is a Free Trade Agreement on the Cards?
3 years, 7 months ago

After India-EU Summit, Is a Free Trade Agreement on the Cards?

News 18  

Even as the European Union has got politically weakened by Brexit, internal tensions between western European countries and eastern ones, notably Hungary and Poland, over issues of democracy and European values, problems of migration, Islamism, terrorism and rise of right-wing forces, and, in addition, economically enfeebled by the still-uncontrolled COVID crisis, India has decided to draw closer to it, driven …

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