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India, EFTA nations discuss prospects of resuming FTA negotiations
28-Apr-2023 Business Standard
The development comes in the backdrop of a meeting between high-level delegations from India and EFTA to boost bilateral trade and economic partnership.
India may find the going tough in FTA talks with UK on agri front
26-Apr-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
House of Commons panel wants pesticide residue norms undiluted, cut in dairy, alcohol tariffs.
Digital divide: India-UK FTA faces data flow rift
24-Apr-2023 Mint
India’s insistence on data localization is a “major stumbling block" to a planned free trade agreement with the UK, a report tabled in House of Commons said, signalling continuing differences on cross-border data flow issues.
MPs criticise lack of information and unhelpful responses from Government on India trade negotiations
24-Apr-2023 UK Parliament
In the International Trade Committee’s report on UK trade negotiations with India, MPs note that the briefings they have received from Government on the negotiations, designed to inform the Committee’s all-important scrutiny, have been extremely limited in scope.
India-UK free trade agreement to resume from April 24; here’s what to expect as PM Modi, Rishi Sunak plan to expedite progress
24-Apr-2023 Live Mint
Negotiations on the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) are set to resume from April 24 after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi spoke over the phone and agreed to expedite progress on outstanding issues.
India-Israel FTA should be as wide as possible: Israeli Minister
19-Apr-2023 The Indian Express
The minister said he will hold discussions with the Indian side regarding an FTA between the two countries, negotiations for which have been going on for over a decade.
India, Russia in talks for FTA, BIPA to deepen commercial ties: Russian Deputy PM Manturov
18-Apr-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement and a bilateral investment protection agreement.
India, Russia discuss FTA to guarantee investment, says Russian deputy PM
17-Apr-2023 Live Mint
India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement to guarantee investment between the two countries. The New Delhi-Moscow relations have withstood the West’s pressures, and bilateral trade has been the biggest benefactor as well as a catalyst in this transformation.
India, Mexico exploring free trade agreement: Envoy
17-Apr-2023 Live Mint
India and Mexico have launched studies to explore the potential for a free-trade agreement (FTA), given India’s preoccupation with ongoing FTA negotiations with the UK, Australia and other partners.
India-Canada conclude 7th round of talks on Early Progress Trade Agreement
17-Apr-2023 Hindustan Times
Indian and Canadian negotiators have concluded their seventh rounds of discussions towards securing an Early Progress Trade Agreement or EPTA between the two countries.
Next round of India-UK free trade agreement talks from April 24
14-Apr-2023 Business Standard
Both sides now continue to thrash out the thorny issues pertaining to the trade pact.
Ministers of EFTA to meet Goyal in Delhi on trade agreement this month
14-Apr-2023 Devdiscourse
Four ministers of the European Free Trade Association are coming on April 26 to discuss potential trade engagement and free trade agreement, Goyal said here while addressing a business meeting.
India, Latin America in talks to expand preferential trade agreement
14-Apr-2023 Mint
Both sides are currently discussing expanding the number of goods included in the agreement, according to persons aware of the negotiations, which are in their early stages.
Goyal, France’s Becht discuss India-EU FTA
13-Apr-2023 Mint
Trade minister Piyush Goyal discussed the progress on the India-EU free trade agreement with his French counterpart Olivier Becht, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
CEPA may pose risks for domestic industry, jobs
13-Apr-2023 The Financial Express
Signing the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India may pose risks for Bangladesh’s domestic industry, revenue and jobs, forecasts a state-sponsored research and training institute.
Israel’s ministerial visits to India might include FTA talks
13-Apr-2023 The Hindu
India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to be on the agenda during the upcoming visit of Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat. The back-to-back official interactions are being interpreted as the prelude to the arrival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in India.
CEPA with India: Bangladesh forms two panels to start talks
11-Apr-2023 Apparel Resources
Bangladesh has formed two separate committees to start negotiations with India over signing of a proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA.
Carbon tax hurdle looms over India-UK FTA talks
5-Apr-2023 Mint
India’s proposed free trade agreement with the UK could face a major roadblock, as the latter is considering imposing a carbon tax akin to the European Union’s policy, which proposes to levy steep tariffs on imports with higher carbon footprints.
‘Chile is looking to include digital services as well in trade agreement with India’: Alex Wetzig
5-Apr-2023 The Indian Express
Following the recent agreement between Chile and India for cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors, Chile is looking to expand its trade basket with India, Alex Wetzig, Secretary General, Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Australia looks to India for wide market for lithium export
3-Apr-2023 The Hindu
Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of lithium with most of it going to China, which dominates the lithium-ion battery production market.