Trade Agreement News

The four-national European Free Trade Association has guaranteed this in writing, which is a first for any free trade agreement signed by India.

As the eighth round of India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) discussions approaches, the question on everyone’s mind is how close are we to the endgame? The proposed trade deal with the UK presents an exciting opportunity for India on both economic and geopolitical fronts. However, bargaining on political ideologies must not get in the way.

Piyush Goyal said the govt decided to walk out from the RCEP keeping in view the interest of small traders, dairy industryThe minister said the FTAs with countries like Japan, South Korea, Asean provided duty free access to Indian markets but domestic goods face barriers in these countries

The interim trade agreement would cover tariff-related concessions for US farm products, especially dairy items, pricing of pharm productsIndia could also get some additional market access for some of its domestic agricultural products such as grapes and pomegranates

The amount of goods with preferential tariffs is the main source of trade depute between India and ChinaOther sticking points remain around market access and the ability of workers to find employment in other countries, say officials

A large portion of the content of preferential trade agreements is copied word for word from earlier agreements, finds a study

The 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Agreement has been in the works for a while and China is keen to conclude it by end of 2019

EU hints at negotiating balanced, ambitious and mutually beneficial agreements on trade, investment

The trade imbalance between China and the Maldives is so huge that nobody would think of an FTA between such parties, said Mohamed Nasheed

Labour rights are too important to leave to trade negotiators alone. To date, labour clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labour standards abroad nor protecting them at home