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Need assurance from India on investment protection: UKIBC's Richard Heald

In a Q&A, UKIBC's group chair lists out three areas that need focus - tariff reduction in some sectors, removal of non-tariff barriers on goods, and aligning data protection rules

Sign FTAs with US, EU for helping domestic exporters: Parl panel to govt

The government should iron out the issues hindering the signing of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the US and the EU nations: panel

Free trade agreements cannot be signed in haste, says Piyush Goyal

India is in a positive momentum with respect to signing trade deals with the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Bangladesh, EU, Gulf Cooperation Council.

India-US trade deal off the table, working on market access issues: Goyal

India is working towards 'early harvest' agreements with UK, Australia, says Piyush Goyal

FTAs will be finalised after discussions with industry: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday assured the industry that the government will protect its interests in free trade agreements (FTAs)

India will fast track trade deals with six nations: Commerce Secretary

India has to engage with the rest of the world; will otherwise be shut from global markets

FS Shringla meets British counterpart, reviews 2030 roadmap to India-UK FTA

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met his British counterpart Lord Tariq Ahmad and held a comprehensive review of the UK-India cooperation in multilateral fora and on global issues and the implementation of Roadmap 2030, a 10-year plan that was unveiled in May for bilateral partnership on the road to a free trade agreement (FTA). Shringla arrived in London on Friday on a two-day visit. He held meetings with his counterpart Ahmad, Minister of South Asia in the Foreign Office, and Philip Barton, the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Friday. "Cordial meetings at FCDO of HE Foreign Secretary @HarshShringla with HE Minister of State Lord Tariq Ahmad & HE Permanent Under-Secretary @PhilipRBarton: a comprehensive review of India-UK agenda, co-op in multilateral fora & on global issues, implementation of RoadMap2030," the Indian High Commission in the UK tweeted. The Roadmap 2030 was adopted at a virtual summit between ..

Best of BS Opinion: FTA hesitancy, a new era for microfinance & more

Here are the best of BS Opinions of the day

FTA hesitancy

Govt and industry must be open to free trade pacts

Opportunities galore in the east

A deeper integration with east Asian economies could be integral to India's economic recovery in the pandemic

Resumption of FTA talks with EU, fresh negotiations with UK soon: Official

India is also taking forward negotiations with various other countries, including Israel.

U.K. aims for free trade agreement with India in latest post-Brexit push

U.K. and India want to double trade between their two countries by 2030, up from about 23 billion pounds ($33 billion) in 2019.

A pivotal moment

Free trade agreement with EU remains a long haul

Growing protectionism to make FTA with European Union tough, say experts

Experts said reducing tariffs and negotiations could be complex as the markets have changed over the past few years.

India, Mauritius FTA to come into effect from Apr 1

Several Indian products will enjoy the benefit of greater market access at concessional duties in Mauritius as the FTA signed between the two countries will come into effect from April 1

India-Mauritius pact: A pan-African dimension to an otherwise limited deal

Covering limited items of exports between the two nations, the deal could nevertheless help New Delhi enter not both Africa and Europe, without having to sign an FTA with either

India, Bangladesh to move forward on feasibility study for detailed FTA

India and Bangladesh on Monday decided to move forward expeditiously on a feasibility study for comprehensive free trade agreement to further strengthen economic ties between the two countries.

India should now aggressively pursue FTAs with EU, UK: Trade experts

With European Union and the UK clinching a post-Brexit trade pact, India should now aggressively pursue free trade agreements (FTAs) separately with both the regions, according to experts. Although it is premature to assess the gains for India from the agreement between European Union (EU) and the UK, Indian goods would not get much benefit from this pact, they said. However, India can explore opportunities in service sectors like IT, architecture, research and development and engineering in both the markets as the EU-UK pact does not cover services, they added. "There is not much gain for Indian goods, but we can gain in services sector in both the UK and EU markets. We will gain more in the UK market as we are English speaking country," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said. He said there are no specific customs duty benefits for domestic goods from this agreement. "Now we should push the FTA negotiations with both the EU and the UK. .

Jaishankar speaking language of 70s by railing against FTAs: Chidambaram

'I must express my dismay over the speech by foreign minister... when he railed against trade agreements and praised the virtues of protectionism,' Chidambaram says

RCEP with China, minus India: Is the trade deal a threat or opportunity?

In this podcast, Business Standard's Subhomoy Bhattacharjee explains what is RCEP, how will it benefit member nations, why did India pull out of RCEP and more