India
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17-Oct-2019 Down To Earth
Experts warn about the dangers of signing RCEP
At a media interaction in New Delhi, experts from civil society organisations enumerated damages that could be caused to various sectors of the Indian economy if India signed the deal.
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17-Oct-2019 The Diplomat
How close is RCEP to reality?
Over the past few years, one of the few bright spots in trade that has been in the spotlight is the RCEP. While the initiative continues to receive a lot of headlines, obstacles remain to it becoming a reality.
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16-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
RCEP: What is at stake for India and its people
Real lives and livelihoods are at stake. That is why people are saying ‘No’ to RCEP!
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16-Oct-2019 The Hindu Business Line
RCEP: India must protect its ICT industry
If India is going ahead with RCEP negotiations, India must insist on rules of origin mandating significant domestic value addition in the country of the final exporter as well as strengthen bilateral mechanisms for ensuring compliance.
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16-Oct-2019 The Print
RSS affiliate claims Modi govt not keen on RCEP trade deal but civil servants pushing it
National co-convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch Ashwani Mahajan tells ThePrint that from dairy sector to steel, chemical and automobile, no one wants RCEP.
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15-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
PM Modi to take a call on all pending RCEP issues
PM Narendra Modi will take up India’s unresolved issues in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade agreement at the leaders’ summit next month if the 16 members are unable to resolve them over the next few days.
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14-Oct-2019 Business Today
RCEP meet to end inconclusive; India may fail to protect local digital data
RCEP meet: India had proposed certain tweaks in the negotiating text of electronic commerce during the 9th Intersessional Ministerial Meeting.
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14-Oct-2019 Inside News
Des accords commerciaux stratégiques et historiques avec l’Inde et la Chine
Maurice est engagé dans un processus de raffermissement de ses relations avec ses partenaires traditionnels dans le cadre d’une coopération Sud-Sud redynamisée.
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13-Oct-2019 Live Mint
RCEP group, India fail to reach a common ground
Trade ministers to meet again on 1 Nov as India’s tough talk on market access continues and negotiators have been asked to resume talks to bridge differences by 19 October.
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13-Oct-2019 Financial Express
India, China decide to set up new mechanism to address trade and investment issues
In the talks, the Chinese president also agreed to take sincere steps in a concrete way to address India’s concerns over ballooning trade deficit in China’s favour.
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13-Oct-2019 The Japan News
RCEP nations make headway for deal by year-end
Ministers from 16 countries, including Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 members of the ASEAN made headway for their goal of concluding their negotiations on the proposed RCEP free trade deal by the end of this year.
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13-Oct-2019 Madhyam
India and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: key issues and implications
RCEP militates against several of India’s critical interests. At least two countries from among the participating countries could seriously challenge India’s rural economy since they are seeking to enter the markets for wheat, sugar and dairy products.
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12-Oct-2019 Outlook India
SJM to hold nationwide protests from Oct 10-20 against RCEP
The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch on Thursday announced that it would hold a nationwide protest against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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12-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India wants data localisation in RCEP for security interests
India has proposed locating computing facilities inside the country if it is meant to protect its essential security interests and national interests at the the ongoing negotiations of the proposed RCEP trade agreement.
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10-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
India-China bilateral summit: Civil society expresses concern over Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
People’s movements note with deep concern the developments with respect to India’s position on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
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7-Oct-2019 Live Mint
India grapples with ways to deal with China in RCEP
Beijing continues to decline New Delhi’s demands on issues relating to market access. And India is worried that a further liberalized tariffs regime to China could harm domestic industry
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7-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India’s trade with its FTA partners: experiences, challenges and way forward
India has viewed FTAs as an important tool to enhance its trade and investment, and signed a number of trade agreements with various countries or groups. And India’s experience intrade with its major FTA partners has not been very encouraging.
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3-Oct-2019 The Financial Express
Trade ministers of RCEP to hold key meet next week
Trade ministers of the 16-nation RCEP grouping will meet in Bangkok on October 10-12, in what could be the last ministerial before a potential deal is sealed in November.
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3-Oct-2019 The Hindu Business Line
Steel industry frets as Govt inches close to signing RCEP
The steel industry has expressed serious concern with Government inching close to signing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership which will open duty-free imports into the country from China.
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2-Oct-2019 India Today
Reducing duty on dairy products would cause major unrest among rural India: SJM
New Zealand and Australia were negotiating "very hard" with India at RCEP-FTA to reduce duty on dairy products so that they can get access to the world’s largest market of dairy products.
