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Hopes from India's free trade deals need not be high

Globally, there are over 350 Preferential Trade Agreem­e­n­ts (PTAs) or Free Trade Agre­e­ments (FTAs) or Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). Most of them are defunct

Trying to include education as key sector of cooperation in FTA talk: Goyal

India is trying to include education as a key sector of cooperation in free trade agreements that the country is negotiating with its trading partners, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said

India, Australia to include e-commerce in final free trade pact

India and Australia have agreed to include e-commerce in the final free trade agreement which is likely to be put in place by the end of next year

India, Australia agree to conclude free trade agreement by 2022-end

India and Australia on Thursday agreed to conclude the long-pending free trade agreement by the end of 2022 and an early harvest trade deal by as early as December

Free Trade Agreement is the next frontier in India-US ties: USIBC president

Nisha Desai Biswal, president of US-India Business Council and a former US diplomat, was speaking at a dinner hosted by Indiaspora

Businesses should give useful inputs for FTA negotiations

FTAs have to be signed keeping two things in mind - mutually reciprocal terms and focusing on products and services with maximum export potential

Singapore parliament passes motion on jobs, livelihood for Singaporeans

After a marathon debate that started on Tuesday afternoon and carried on past midnight, the 16-year-old Singapore-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) was singled out

India's revamped FTA strategy

Its focus is at odds with the country's imperative of having an employment-promoting trade policy

Need assurance from India on investment protection: UKIBC's Richard Heald

In a Q&A, UKIBC's group chair lists out three areas that need focus - tariff reduction in some sectors, removal of non-tariff barriers on goods, and aligning data protection rules

Sign FTAs with US, EU for helping domestic exporters: Parl panel to govt

The government should iron out the issues hindering the signing of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the US and the EU nations: panel

Free trade agreements cannot be signed in haste, says Piyush Goyal

India is in a positive momentum with respect to signing trade deals with the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Bangladesh, EU, Gulf Cooperation Council.

India-US trade deal off the table, working on market access issues: Goyal

India is working towards 'early harvest' agreements with UK, Australia, says Piyush Goyal

FTAs will be finalised after discussions with industry: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday assured the industry that the government will protect its interests in free trade agreements (FTAs)

India will fast track trade deals with six nations: Commerce Secretary

India has to engage with the rest of the world; will otherwise be shut from global markets

FS Shringla meets British counterpart, reviews 2030 roadmap to India-UK FTA

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met his British counterpart Lord Tariq Ahmad and held a comprehensive review of the UK-India cooperation in multilateral fora and on global issues and the implementation of Roadmap 2030, a 10-year plan that was unveiled in May for bilateral partnership on the road to a free trade agreement (FTA). Shringla arrived in London on Friday on a two-day visit. He held meetings with his counterpart Ahmad, Minister of South Asia in the Foreign Office, and Philip Barton, the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Friday. "Cordial meetings at FCDO of HE Foreign Secretary @HarshShringla with HE Minister of State Lord Tariq Ahmad & HE Permanent Under-Secretary @PhilipRBarton: a comprehensive review of India-UK agenda, co-op in multilateral fora & on global issues, implementation of RoadMap2030," the Indian High Commission in the UK tweeted. The Roadmap 2030 was adopted at a virtual summit between ..

Best of BS Opinion: FTA hesitancy, a new era for microfinance & more

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FTA hesitancy

Govt and industry must be open to free trade pacts

Opportunities galore in the east

A deeper integration with east Asian economies could be integral to India's economic recovery in the pandemic

Resumption of FTA talks with EU, fresh negotiations with UK soon: Official

India is also taking forward negotiations with various other countries, including Israel.

U.K. aims for free trade agreement with India in latest post-Brexit push

U.K. and India want to double trade between their two countries by 2030, up from about 23 billion pounds ($33 billion) in 2019.