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SAFTA to come into effect from new year
20-Dec-2005
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) will come into effect from January one next, Lok Sabha was informed today.
FTA must cover at least 90 percent of trade: Asean Sec-Gen
15-Dec-2005 Bernama
A quality free trade agreement (FTA) between countries should cover 90 to 95 per cent of their trade, Asean Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said Wednesday, adding that India’s long exclusion list of products hampered such a pact with Asean.
Korean mid-sized cos to drop anchor here
14-Dec-2005
After the big daddies, it appears to be the turn of mid-size Korean companies to hot foot it to India.
Asean concerned about India’s position on FTA - Abdullah
14-Dec-2005
Asean has expressed its concern on India’s proposal to exclude a large number of products from tariff concessions under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
South Korea seeks FTA with India
13-Dec-2005
President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday held back-to-back summits with his counterparts from India and New Zealand on the sidelines of a regional conference here to discuss ways to strengthen South Korea’s bilateral ties with those countries.
Bilateral truths
12-Dec-2005
When was the last time you heard Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk about the World Trade Organisation?
PM makes out a strong case for Pan-Asian FTA
12-Dec-2005
Saying that India was examining ways to develop regional trading arrangements with China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave an affirmative commitment here that India will dismantle ’’unwarranted’’ barriers, expand global capital flows and bring down tariff rates to levels prevalent in ASEAN countries, as a build-up to creating an East Asian Community.
FTA held up by trivial items
10-Dec-2005
TOILET seats, dolls and chewing gum were some of the products a bemused Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said had presented a hitch to the negotiations to the Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA).
Rough ride for some Asean FTA talks
10-Dec-2005
Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong admitted Saturday that some of Asean’s free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations were difficult, and cited talks with India, Japan and South Korea as examples.
India, Asean to consider free-trade pact by ’07
10-Dec-2005 Times of India
India and the Association of South East Asian Nations aim to forge a free-trade agreement by the start of ’07, both sides said after a meeting on Friday.
ASEAN to ink FTAs with India, S Korea
8-Dec-2005
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected to sign free trade agreements next week with India and South Korea, Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz has said.
Free trade, but not fair trade
7-Dec-2005
Early results of the free trade agreements (FTAs) Thailand made with China, Australia, New Zealand and India are quite worrying for the country.
Getting SAARCastic
6-Dec-2005 Hard News
While the temptation exists to conclude as many FTAs as possible - in line with the global trend - India’s aspirations to become a global power will not amount to much unless it defends its exclusive zone of influence in South Asia against China.
Trade pacts - new pillars in India’s economic diplomacy
6-Dec-2005
Trade pacts - new pillars in India’s economic diplomacy With signs of failure looming over global trade talks in Hong Kong in December, India has drawn an ambitious agenda to forge bilateral, regional and multilateral trade pacts with a host of countries and trading blocs as a new pillar of its economic diplomacy and globalisation drive.
India, look ahead: A two-pronged strategy for boosting trade
17-Nov-2005
The current state of play in the Doha Round negotiations underlines the importance of stronger bilateral and regional trading agreements for India. As of now, India has concluded trading agreements with Sri Lanka, Thailand and Singapore. In the regional context, Safta and Bimstec are yet to really takeoff.
ADB, RBI for FTA between India and Mekong nations
11-Nov-2005 The Hindu
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday advocated that India should go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with China and five other nations in the Mekong region to sustain high growth.
S’pore benefits to all under new Bipa
9-Nov-2005 Financial Express
Pre-establishment national treatment to foreign investors in India, now a prerogative of Singapore-based entities, will soon be a generic benefit India would offer all eligible investors under the bilateral investment protection agreements (Bipas).
Chile seeks FTAs with 11 Asian countries
8-Nov-2005 Ohmynews
After the negotiations on a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, the Chilean government already started a route to conquer the rest of the market in the Asia-Pacific region. The list has 11 countries.
India, Gulf states to kickstart talks on free-trade pact
5-Nov-2005 Financial Express
Discussions on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are gaining momentum with the two sides deciding to meet early next year to thrash out important issues like rules of origin (ROO) and differential tariffs which are key to such agreements.
East Asia Summit to discuss FTA between Asian nations: SM Goh
4-Nov-2005 Channel News Asia
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the East Asia Summit next month would discuss the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement between East Asian countries.