Page 6 - Free Trade Agreement

Explained: Why Indian dairy farmers oppose RCEP trade agreement

Providing market access to New Zealand in particular could wipe out their livelihoods

A champion for the rag trade

Shahi Exports MD, Harish Ahuja tells Business Standard the government needs a free trade agreement with Europe fast to ensure a level-playing field with Bangladesh and Vietnam

Best of BS Opinion: India's FTAs, misuse of agriculture credit and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

India draws up red lines on Asia free trade pact before key meeting

India is under increasing pressure to complete negotiations and decide on whether it will be part of RCEP.

Any agreement on RCEP deal to be based on national interests: Piyush Goyal

Goyal says free trade pact can't be held hostage by one or two domestic industries

Top 10 biz headlines: External benchmarking of rates, GST cut mooted & more

From RBI making it mandatory to link all fresh retail loans to an external benchmark to the FinMin crunching numbers to estimate revenue loss from GST rate cuts, here are today's top business news

American fashion brands push for India-US FTA to streamline trade issues

After repeated overtures from Trump administration, India has told the US that it was unwilling to discuss a full FTA

RCEP meet: India, China refuse to budge on tariffs, services trade

New Delhi resisted calls by most nations, which argued that India should slash existing tariffs on up to 90% of all goods

Vietnam, EU sign free trade deal as fears grow over global protectionism

The signing comes amid worldwide trade turmoil, with a dragging US-China row and Britain's impending exit from the European Union casting a dark cloud over global growth

India's manufacturing weakness hits free trade agreement ambitions

The rules demonstrate why India, despite its booming economy, scores so low in global trade coming in at 20th position

India to focus on services trade at RCEP ministers meet in Tokyo

Nations have increasingly got entrenched in their positions over reduction in tariffs and opening of market access

New Zealand and Sri Lanka to consider a free trade agreement

Wellington is focussing on getting a number of new trade deals

India, EFTA to resume Free Trade Agreement talks in Geneva this week

So far, 13 rounds of negotiations have been held at the level of chief negotiators

India and Britain look to create bilateral trade pact

India and Britain are evaluating the possibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) to guide bilateral trade after Britain officially leaves the European Union.Britain has actively sought to redraw economic ties with the world after a referendum last month went in favour of the country leaving the EU. UK business secretary Sajid Javid was in India on Friday to start initial discussions in this regard. "We already have a strong trading relationship with India and we hope to build on that," he told the media on Friday after meeting Commerce and Industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Sitharaman said India would soon start preliminary talks with Britain regarding the possibility of a bilateral trade deal that will kick in once Britain formally leaves the EU. This informal process would start moving once chief negotiators from Britain come to Delhi, she added.However, Sitharaman said with Britain moving out of the EU, ongoing negotiations over the proposed India-EU FTA would have to be restarted

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Trade pact battle likely to continue

Australia, Japan & South Korea want more tariff reduction, market access; India remains cautious over agriculture interests