Free trade

Denying Chinese internet firms access to the Indian market will not persuade Beijing to bring down the Great Firewall (Mint)

Opinion | India needs a prudent strategy to Chinese free trade

4 min read . 26 Apr 2019

China’s inability to close the trade deal highlights the continuing suspicion among its Asian trading partners over Beijing’s effort to increase its influence in the region. File Photo: PIB

China seeks talks with India on Asia trade pact: Report

1 min read . 01 Jan 2019

EU’s ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski. Photo: Reuters

In a post-Brexit scenario, EU may rework FTA with India

3 min read . 22 Nov 2018

Maldives’ President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (L) takes the oath conducted by Chief Justice Dr Ahmed Abdulla Didi (R) during the swearing-in ceremony in Male, Maldives. Photo: Reuters

Maldives set to pull out of China free trade deal

4 min read . 19 Nov 2018

An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves flags outside the Houses of Parliament, in London. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | It’s time for another referendum on Brexit

4 min read . 05 Nov 2018

Donald Trump argued that key pillars of US statecraft—promoting free trade, defending allies around the world, spreading of democracy and human rights—were fool’s errands. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Mistaken criticism of the US’ foreign policy elite

4 min read . 05 Nov 2018

Venkaiah Naidu, the vice president, represented India at the ASEM and highlighted key concerns and priorities for the government. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | The importance of Asia-Europe cooperation

4 min read . 29 Oct 2018

Opinion | UN body paints ugly picture of the economic system

3 min read . 02 Oct 2018

Opinion | The free trade debate is not black and white

3 min read . 01 Oct 2018

Aside the billions of dollars of likely defence purchases, India and the US could agree to launch negotiations towards an eventual bilateral free trade agreement. Photo: Bloomberg.

What a free trade pact with the US means for India

3 min read . 25 Sep 2018

Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo: AFP

Roadblocks remain as US-Canada NAFTA talks go down to the wire

3 min read . 31 Aug 2018

Donald Trump said he would drop the name Nafta for the trade arrangement because of the bad connotations of a deal that has been criticized as contributing to the flow of jobs from the US to Mexico. Photo: AFP

US, Mexico reach trade deal as Canada may rejoin Nafta talks

3 min read . 27 Aug 2018

Suresh Prabhu, minister of commerce and industry. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

India allays exit fears, to remain engaged in RCEP

2 min read . 27 Aug 2018

BIMSTEC received an impetus when members were invited to a BRICS outreach forum in Goa in 2016. Photo: PTI

BIMSTEC eyes higher profile, visibility in Indo-Pacific region

3 min read . 26 Aug 2018

Unless India removes the structural bottlenecks hurting its exports, it is unlikely to make big gains in the world market. Photo: Bloomberg

Can regional trade agreements boost India’s exports?

3 min read . 14 Aug 2018

Earlier this week, India doubled the import tax on more than 300 textile products to 20%, marking the second tax increase on textiles in as many months. Photo: Mint

Free-trade pacts hamper India’s efforts to curb China textile imports

2 min read . 10 Aug 2018

Opinion | Perfectly free trade is neither likely nor good

4 min read . 06 Aug 2018

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a summit of eastern European leaders in Sofia on 7 July 2018. Photo: AFP

US-China trade war: Beijing to keep on reform, market opening path, says Li Keqiang

1 min read . 07 Jul 2018

What India must do to be a free trade champion

4 min read . 03 Jul 2018

Government by the people is crucial for India

4 min read . 02 Jul 2018