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Ambassadors of the ten ASEAN countries met Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla

The ambassadors also met MEA Secretary East Vijay Thakur Singh

US State Secy Mike Pompeo asks ASEAN states not to let China 'walk over us'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked Southeast Asian nations Thursday to go beyond words and act against China's bullying in the disputed South China Sea, promising America will back them u

Paper & paperboard imports surge 10% on nil customs duty after ASEAN FTA

The share of paper imports from ASEAN in total paper imports for India has risen more than four times from about 5 per cent in 2010-11 to about 21 per cent in 2019-20

Defence, LCV and buses to be key growth levers at Ashok Leyland: Chairman

Dheeraj Hinduja says company's future product plans would revolve around auto buzzword CASE mobility. CASE is an acronym for Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Electric vehicles

Strengthening India's trade policy

Greater trade with ASEAN will be supportive of the prime ministerial call for greater Indian manufacturing for world markets

Govt frames norms to enforce 'rules of origin' for imports under FTAs

The ''rules of origin'' provision prescribes for the minimal processing that should happen in the FTA country so that the final manufactured product may be called originating goods in that country

India, ASEAN together to help shape Asia, global economy, says S Jaishankar

Coronavirus highlights 'indivisible aspect of human existence that underpins globalisation', says India's foreign minister.

Review of India-ASEAN Goods Agreement to help realise trade potential: Puri

The ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement was signed on August 13, 2009, and came into force on January 1, 2010

Exercise caution on the proposed trade pact with US: Experts to govt

Govt had earlier criticised free trade deals for boosting cheap imports into the country

ASEAN Summit to be held via video conference on June 26 due to Covid-19

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh will chair the ministerial meeting on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Last opportunity

India can't afford to ignore RCEP

Letter to BS: Examining India's decision to pull out of the RCEP

In ratifying the RCEP, the barriers would have been lowered with only China, Australia and New Zealand.

Asean Secretariat invites India to resolve RCEP concerns next month in Bali

India at a meeting in November last year in Bangkok decided to withdraw from this mega free-trade agreement as its concerns were not addressed adequately by the RCEP

Commerce Ministry to review existing free trade agreements: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said that FTAs with countries like Japan, South Korea, and Asean provided duty-free access to Indian markets, but domestic goods face barriers in these countries.

After dropping out of RCEP, India eyes trade deals with ASEAN countries

China said that the other 15 countries decided to move ahead with the pact and New Delhi was welcome to join RCEP whenever it was ready

An inward turn

India's decision to not join RCEP will have adverse implications

India didn't join RCEP as 'offer was not as much as our aspirations': FM

India's decision to not to join the mega deal was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at the RCEP Summit in Bangkok early this month.

Note ban, unique ID system, GST helped to formalise India's economy: Modi

In an address at an ASEAN business forum, Modi highlighted GST rollout as well as measures taken for bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings

We've suffered due to terror, time for us to mitigate it: Modi at Asean

PM Modi said India will continue its support to Asean for a rules-based security architecture for the region

Govt initiates dialogue with ASEAN members for review of FTA: Goyal

He also said the Coffee Board is trying to develop an Indian brand of coffee for export and the work in this regard is underway