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Withdrawing Pakistan's MFN status will divert trade
Most of the trade (around $3 billion) between India and Pakistan is routed either through the UAE or SingaporePakistan enjoys benefits of lower tariffs on its exports to India due to the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status
1 min read15 Feb 2019India to trade partners: Sign new bilateral investment treaties by 31 March
India wants to sign bilateral investment agreements with individual EU nations based on its model BIT
2 min read11 Jan 2017No decision yet on revoking MFN status to Pakistan: Nirmala Sitharaman
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said that Pakistan is yet to transition fully to most favoured nation status for India
1 min read5 Dec 2016India’s interest in Saarc is intact: Vikas Swarup
Indian foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup says India's priority is to promote closer cooperation and economic integration in the South Asian region
2 min read21 Oct 2016No discussions yet on withdrawal of Pakistan MFN status: Commerce minister
MFN status was accorded to Pakistan in 1996 as per the stipulations of the World Trade Organisation and withdrawal of the same could be a long-drawn process
1 min read14 Oct 2016Leave Pakistan’s MFN status intact
India can legitimately claim the moral high ground in fulfilling WTO obligations while Pakistan does not
4 min read14 Oct 2016Will review Most Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan: India
India said it will review the MFN status granted to Pakistan by it based on the security and trade interests, asserting that terror cannot be the commodity exported
1 min read6 Oct 2016An explainer: How India is bidding to choke Pakistan
Days after the Narendra Modi government reviewed the Indus water treaty, it is going to review the most favoured nation status accorded to Pakistan next week
3 min read29 Sep 2016India to review MFN status to Pakistan
PM Modi to chair meeting on Thursday to revisit most-favoured nation status given to neighbour under international trade rules
2 min read28 Sep 2016With RCEP commitment, India marks big shift in trade policy
New Delhi's higher level of commitment on investment, services may become template for bilateral treaties
3 min read23 Mar 2016Popular Topics
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