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India-UK FTA talks likely to resume in April-June to resolve pending issues
1 week, 1 day ago

India-UK FTA talks likely to resume in April-June to resolve pending issues

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India and the UK are expected to restart talks on their proposed free trade agreement between April and June, the first quarter of the UK’s fiscal year, two people aware of the matter said. However, with the change in leadership in the UK, it is not yet certain that the 14th round of talks, which began in January, …

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What Could a Harris Administration Mean for Southeast Asia?
2 months ago

What Could a Harris Administration Mean for Southeast Asia?

The Diplomat  

Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris broke onto the stage as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for president, analysts have been replete with speculation about what her administration may mean for the future of the United States’ foreign policy and international engagement. While neither Gordon nor Lissner are “Asia hands” – D.C. parlance for officials with deep expertise …

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Latin America bets on the Asia-Pacific
5 months, 1 week ago

Latin America bets on the Asia-Pacific

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY During a visit to Indonesia in mid-June, Claudia Sanhueza, Chilean undersecretary for international economic relations, formally submitted the country's request to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Later, Chile was the first country in the region to support China's application to join the World Trade Organization, the first to recognize China as a market economy, and the …

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Third term for Modi -Will the coalition govt impact foreign policy? Watch Video
6 months, 1 week ago

Third term for Modi -Will the coalition govt impact foreign policy? Watch Video

The Hindu  

As PM Modi picks the same team for diplomacy and national security- will there be any changes in Indian Foreign Policy in his third term with a coalition in charge? There are 2 new Ministers of State KirtiVardhan Singh- who went to Kuwait for the fire tragedy Pabitra Margherita For those who follow these beats closely, watch out for these …

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New Zealand’s India Outreach: Opportunities and Obstacles
8 months ago

New Zealand’s India Outreach: Opportunities and Obstacles

The Diplomat  

At the culmination of his recent visit to India from March 10-13, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters remarked that the India-New Zealand relationship was entering a “new phase.” Since the 1990s India has moved from being a “peripheral concern” for New Zealand to a country with which it has tried to establish a “core trade, economic and political partnership.” …

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Watch | Trade diplomacy | What’s the status of India’s Free Trade Agreements?
9 months, 1 week ago

Watch | Trade diplomacy | What’s the status of India’s Free Trade Agreements?

The Hindu  

March 15, 2024 08:53 pm | Updated 09:18 pm IST As India signs a Free Trade Agreement with 4 European Nations, is there hope for other negotiations- from the UK and EU to Oman, Gulf and Eurasian countries? Let’s start with this week’s developments, and a flurry of activities around India’s Free Trade Agreement negotiations just ahead of elections being …

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Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more
1 year, 9 months ago

Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more

The Hindu  

Congress economic resolution identifies job creation as the cornerstone of policy making The Congress, terming employment generation as the core and foundation of its draft economic resolution, said that India’s “new economic vision and action will be recrafted from the current obsession with capital and move more towards labour”. PM makes a cultural outreach by glorifying Kannada and Kannadigas Two …

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India, US 'thinking Big', Says Goyal, Rules Out Mini Trade Deal or FTA
1 year, 11 months ago

India, US 'thinking Big', Says Goyal, Rules Out Mini Trade Deal or FTA

News 18  

The Modi government and the Biden administration are “thinking big” in terms of their trade and commerce relationship, a top Indian official said Wednesday as he ruled out the previously talked about mini trade deal or a free trade agreement and noted that restoration of GSP is not a priority for New Delhi. To focus our energies on the GSP …

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Buying Russian oil is ‘domestic policy of India: Swedish Foreign Trade Minister
2 years ago

Buying Russian oil is ‘domestic policy of India: Swedish Foreign Trade Minister

The Hindu  

NEW DELHI: Sweden will not interfere with India’s energy policy especially in the context of increased Indian purchase of Russian oil. Interacting with a select group of media here, Sweden’s Minister for International Development and Foreign Trade Johan Forssell hinted that Stockholm understands India’s arguments for energy stability saying the matter falls within India’s “domestic policy”. India has faced questions …

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Free Trade Agreement with India offers hope to UK as economy shrinks and inflation rises
2 years, 1 month ago

Free Trade Agreement with India offers hope to UK as economy shrinks and inflation rises

Firstpost  

Economic experts agree on the massive scale of the challenge, even as they hold out the prospect of a free trade agreement with India as a potential generator of much-needed economic growth London: It has been anything but a smooth ride for the Rishi Sunak-led UK government, with the latest official data released this week reflecting a shrinking economy and …

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Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak
2 years, 1 month ago

Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak

The Hindu  

As Rishi Sunak takes over as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister on October 25, 2022, there is renewed hope that the India-UK free trade agreement will get a much-needed impetus after the Diwali deadline for draft completion was missed amid political turmoil in the U.K. “I’m very supportive of India playing an increasingly influential role in the region, and indeed, …

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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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India would be happy to discuss trade pact with US: Piyush Goyal
2 years, 3 months ago

India would be happy to discuss trade pact with US: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Highlights During the Trump administration India and US had discussed a mini-trade deal to boost economic ties. Piyush Goyal said talks for a trade deal are progressing with Canada and European Union as well. India would be "happy and willing" to negotiate a trade pact with the US, provided America decides to look for a new free trade partner, Commerce …

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India, U.K. working intensively to meet Diwali deadline for FTA
2 years, 4 months ago

India, U.K. working intensively to meet Diwali deadline for FTA

The Hindu  

India and the UK will continue to work intensively to meet the Diwali deadline at the end of October for a Free Trade Agreement announced during the India visit of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a U.K. government statement said. In a joint outcome statement on the ongoing FTA negotiations released on Wednesday evening, the Department for International Trade …

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U.K. Parliament panel warns against rushing India FTA to meet Diwali deadline
2 years, 5 months ago

U.K. Parliament panel warns against rushing India FTA to meet Diwali deadline

The Hindu  

A U.K. parliamentary panel on Friday warned the government against accepting a "poor" deal to rush things through simply to meet a Diwali deadline set for the completion of a landmark free trade agreement with India. The House of Commons International Agreements Committee, in a report entitled ‘UK-India free trade agreement: Scrutiny of the Government’s Negotiating Objectives’, questions the Diwali …

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India-EU to hold next round of FTA talks at Brussels in September
2 years, 5 months ago

India-EU to hold next round of FTA talks at Brussels in September

The Hindu  

India and the European Union concluded the first round of talks for the proposed free trade agreement on Friday and the next round of talks is scheduled at Brussels in September, the Commerce Ministry said on Saturday. India and the 27-nation bloc resumed negotiations on June 17, after a gap of more than eight years, on the proposed agreements on …

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Binzhou customs issues first certificate of origin under China-Cambodia FTA
2 years, 10 months ago

Binzhou customs issues first certificate of origin under China-Cambodia FTA

China Daily  

Binzhou customs issued the first certificate of origin under the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement for Binzhou Yidefu Food Co Ltd in the area under its jurisdiction on Jan 29. According to the bilateral free trade agreement, which came into force on Jan 1, 2022, the proportion of zero-tariff items offered by China and Cambodia to each other are 97.5 percent …

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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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Under Modi 2.0, a course-corrected foreign policy
2 years, 11 months ago

Under Modi 2.0, a course-corrected foreign policy

The Hindu  

There is a new momentum in India’s foreign policy, a clinical sharpness to its external policy design, articulation and implementation, in clear departure from the ‘song and dance diplomacy’ that characterised the foreign policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi 1.0. A conciliatory policy If Hindutva ideology and imperious aggression characterised New Delhi’s diplomacy towards the region/neighbourhood during Modi 1.0, India’s …

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Upcoming India-US trade meet will set agenda for FTA: Nisha Biswal
3 years, 1 month ago

Upcoming India-US trade meet will set agenda for FTA: Nisha Biswal

Hindustan Times  

Nisha Biswal, a former top US diplomat for India and head of the US-India Business Council, says that the upcoming meeting of the India-US Trade Policy Forum will set the framework for trade discussions on key areas of cooperation and alignment could create a path towards a Free Trade Agreement. A former top US diplomat for India and head of …

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Patience please: India’s ASEAN journey has much further to go
3 years, 9 months ago

Patience please: India’s ASEAN journey has much further to go

Live Mint  

Very often, especially after India’s recent refusal to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, we hear that “the ASEAN-India FTA is not good for India”. Bilateral trade between ASEAN and India presently accounts for almost 11% of India’s global trade, up marginally by 1% from 2010-11 to 2019-20. If we add numbers for China, Japan and Korea, then countries …

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Analysis | What are Sri Lanka’s prospects with RCEP sans India?
4 years, 1 month ago

Analysis | What are Sri Lanka’s prospects with RCEP sans India?

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s growing emphasis on tapping the emerging Asian market would make the China-led Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership agreement seem an ideal forum to build trade ties in the region. Editorial | Threat or treat: on RCEP trade deal Few would dispute Sri Lanka’s distinct advantage, thanks to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, along one of the busiest …

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