Page 7 - Trade Deal

India, UAE to sign trade pact by Mar 2022; Round-1 of CEPA talks this week

A new strategic economic pact is expected to increase bilateral trade in goods to $100 bn, services t $15 bn in 5 years

France and Australia agree submarines won't stop trade deal

French and Australian officials said Monday that France's anger over a cancelled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal. France withdrew its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after President Joe Biden revealed last week a new alliance including Australia and Britain that would deliver an Australian fleet of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines. The deal sunk a 90 billion Australian dollar ($66 billion) contract for French majority state-owned Naval Group to build 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines for Australia. The money would have been spent over 35 years. French Ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault denied media reports that France was lobbying the European Union not to sign the trade deal with Australia that has been under negotiation since 2018. At this stage, negotiations do continue and there is a strong interest ... for Australia to have a free trade agreement with the EU, Thebault told

Beijing seeks to join an Asia-Pacific trade deal Donald Trump left

China submitted a formal application letter to join the deal, known officially as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

India, UK aim to launch FTA negotiations by November 1

Both countries are looking at an interim agreement by March 2022, which will be followed by a comprehensive FTA

India, Australia aim to announce early harvest trade deal by December

An early harvest agreement will be the way forward for an early conclusion of a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between both countries

UK, Australia seal trade deal in post-Brexit boost for Boris Johnson

The agreement marks the first deal with a major ally that goes beyond rolling over a pre-existing EU trade relationship.

Stop nitpicking, it's time for fresh start on mini deal: Piyush Goyal

Expresses concern at big US tech firms not adhering to data privacy

UK PM Johnson says trade deal is new starting point for EU relationship

Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed Britain's trade deal with the European Union as a new starting point for relations with the bloc in a call

How does Britain's parliament approve the Brexit trade agreement?

There could be a core of pro-Brexit lawmakers in Johnson's party who vote against the deal on the grounds that it doesn't deliver the kind of clean break they wanted.

RCEP with China, minus India: Is the trade deal a threat or opportunity?

In this podcast, Business Standard's Subhomoy Bhattacharjee explains what is RCEP, how will it benefit member nations, why did India pull out of RCEP and more

Post-Brexit deal talks must have breakthrough this week, say UK and Ireland

There has to be a breakthrough this week in talks for a post-Brexit trade agreement, British and Irish ministers said, ahead of the December 31 expiry of Britain's transition period for leaving

China, ASEAN set world's biggest trade pact, leave door open for India

Officials said the accord leaves the door open for India, which dropped out due to fierce domestic opposition to its market-opening requirements, to rejoin the bloc

Aus hopes Asia-Pacific trade deal will improve ties with China: Report

Trade disputes have hit a dozen Australian industries and threatened exports to China of agricultural products, timber and resources worth billions of dollars

ASEAN leaders to sign China-backed trade deal amid US election uncertainty

China is already the biggest source of imports and destination for exports for would-be RCEP members

India, UK ministers review trade deal progress in virtual meeting

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State H S Puri have held a virtual dialogue with their UK counterparts to review the progress towards post-Brexit Enhanced Trade Partnership with Britain

UK PM Boris Johnson says Europen Union trade deal is 'there to be done'

British PM Boris Johnson said a trade deal with the European Union was "there to be done", suggesting his view that the agreement's broad outline was already "pretty clear" was shared in Brussels

Boris Johnson tells ministers he wants EU trade deal on 'right terms'

The bulk of Australia's exports to the EU are subject to tariffs and quotas set under basic World Trade Organization (WTO) terms

UK unafraid to walk away without EU trade deal, says Brexit negotiator

David Frost and EU negotiator Michel Barnier are due to meet in London on Tuesday for the eighth round of negotiations since Britain left the now 27-nation bloc on January 31

India ready to sign limited trade deal with US anytime, says Piyush Goyal

The US has signed a mini trade deal with the European Union, but it is yet to respond to India's request

Conclusion of US-India trade talks to be phase 1 of deal: Ambassador Sandhu

Bilateral trade between India and the US, which touched $150 billion last year, has dropped 25 per cent in the first half of this year