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India FTAs & agriculture

Nukes and mangoes on Bush’s mind in India
2-Mar-2006 Asia Times
Although US President George W Bush’s India visit that officially started on Thursday is hardly expected to grab headlines in terms of business and economic deals between the two countries, both are looking forward to several new initiatives to boost bilateral commercial ties expected to be announced in the next few days.
Vanaspati firms feel free trade heat
9-Jan-2006 The Telegraph
In what could be one of the first adverse fall-outs of free-trade agreements, domestic vanaspati producers have alleged that India is turning out to be a major market for imports from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan, although these countries have no major cultivation of oilseeds.
Terrorism, agriculture and US-India cooperation
12-Aug-2005 ZNet
Terrorism and agriculture are among the issues raised in the joint India-US Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement issued on 18 July 2005 during Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh’s meeting with President Bush.
Free trade pacts turning a tool to dump spices
12-Jul-2005 Hindu Business Line
Ever since the Free Trade and Preferential Trade Agreements (FTA/PTA) between India and its neighbours have come in to force, spices that are not even grown in these countries are landing here as produce of those nations.
Interview: Free trade hurting India vanaspati makers
10-Jul-2005 Dow Jones Newswire
India’s vanaspati industry, already plagued by excess capacity, has been cast into deeper gloom lately by trade agreements that have opened the way for cheaper imports from neighboring Sri Lanka and Nepal.
IT, biotech, pharmaceuticals, agro food are items for enhanced India-EU cooperation
3-May-2005 Assocham
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India sees tremendous scope for enhancing economic ties with Europe and has mooted a four pronged strategy for expanding India’s trade basket with the enlarged EU in areas such as information technology & communication, biotech & pharmaceuticals, agro foods processing and textiles.
Taking liberties - new Christian Aid report
29-Sep-2004 Christian Aid
This bold new report from Christian Aid explodes the myth that free trade is the answer to poverty.