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China and Switzerland commenced negotiations to upgrade the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement on Monday, said the Ministry of Commerce in an online statement. During his meeting with Guy Parmelin, Swiss federal councilor and head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research via a livestream, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said that since its implementation 10 …

India signed a free trade agreement with a group of four European nations - Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - on Sunday, which will see a major investment of around $100 billion for New Delhi over the next 15 years. India signed the FTA with Europe's four nation trade bloc on Sunday The free trade pact between the countries is …

India signed a free trade agreement with four European countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland — on Sunday, with a goal of reaching $100 billion in investments in India and one million jobs. According to the TEPA’s Chapter 7 that deals with “Investment Promotion and Cooperation”, the two sides had shared “objectives” to increase foreign direct investment from EFTA …

The India-EFTA free trade agreement is scheduled to be signed on Sunday. However, trade experts don't see any major gain from the deal, considering that 98% of India's exports to Switzerland are industrial goods entering at zero tariffs. “India's agricultural exports are minimal and unlikely to increase significantly due to strict quality standards and non-tariff barriers,” said Ajay Srivastava, who …

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A Swiss delegation led by the State Secretary of Economic Affairs, Helene Budliger, will be in India on Tuesday for talks on the Free Trade Agreement. “Switzerland, as part of European Free Trade Association, is very keen to conclude a long-term FTA negotiation with success and this is my top priority, because there is great potential between the economic relationship …

India has received the third set of Swiss bank account details of with Switzerland as part of an annual exercise under which the European nation has shared particulars of nearly 33 lakh financial accounts with 96 countries. While the FTA did not disclose names and further details of all 96 countries, officials said India figured among those having received the …

India has got the second set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and entities under the automatic exchange of information pact with Switzerland, marking a key milestone in the government's fight against black money allegedly stashed abroad. India is among the 86 countries with which Switzerland's Federal Tax Administration has exchanged information on financial accounts within the framework …

India has got the second set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and entities under the automatic exchange of information pact with Switzerland, marking a key milestone in the government’s fight against black money allegedly stashed abroad. India is among the 86 countries with which Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration has exchanged information on financial accounts within the framework …