India


India, Canada talk on investment pact, no consensus on dispute mechanism yet
A successful conclusion of FIPA will provide a much-needed cover for Canadian investments in India and vice versa, and is expected to be an important catalyst in translating the announcements into reality.
Lanka worries about Indian ‘Trojan Horse’
Fear of economic domination by the ‘Big Brother’ has replaced the earlier fear of political and military dominance.
TPP is dead, but its legacy lives on
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead long before Donald Trump signed his executive order. But its damaging aspects, like stringent IP provisions, have just migrated to other agreements
Peru free trade agreement could help India diversify in LatAm region
A proposed comprehensive free trade agreement between India and Peru covering goods, services and investments may not only raise India’s export volumes to the western South American nation
Free trade: a corporate scam
"Free trade" rules are written by corporations to enlarge their freedom to commodify and privatise the last inch of land, the last drop of water, the last seed, the last serving of food, the last byte of information, the last bit of data, knowledge and imagination.
Next round of RCEP talks in Japan; India to push for services
During the RCEP talks, India would press for greater market access in the services sector, particularly easy movement of professionals
Trade pact: India, Sri Lanka to iron out differences in services, rules of origin
With China too eyeing a similar agreement with Colombo, New Delhi aims to sign expanded FTA this year.
On partnership anniversary, India-ASEAN vow to strengthen cooperation
On the occasion of 25th anniversary of country's relationship with 10-nation ASEAN grouping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly pitched for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), saying it will further strengthen cooperation and economic integration in the region.
Trump’s decision to junk Trans-Pacific Partnership an opportunity for India
US President Donald Trump’s move paves way for a more balanced outcome of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership talks
India, Russia to step up geopolitical and economic cooperation in 2017
At the bilateral level, Moscow and New Delhi are poised to make a trajectory shift, especially in the realms of two-way mutually beneficial economic linkages.