ISDS Case Map
India
India and the US have completed three rounds of negotiations for the proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a pact which would help in enhancing economic ties between the countries.
A Free-Trade Agreement between India and Switzerland, which is currently under negotiations, could materialise some time in 2015, said Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland, Martin Strub.
The government aims to closely examine the results of FTAs and PTAs entered into earlier before signing more such trade agreements with other countries, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry D Purandeswari said here today.
Israel is negotiating with India the contours of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), said Eli Belotsercovsky, Director of Economic Relations with India and China in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
Unfazed by hiccups in concluding the long-pending free trade agreement with European Union, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed the hope that the pact would be sealed soon.
Sri Lanka will not need the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India any longer, as both countries had moved on, said Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Issues related to movement of professionals under mode 4 and mutual recognition of qualification in medical and education are said to be the main roadblocks.
The government may review India's bilateral trade pacts including free trade agreements (FTAs) amid increasing clamour from the industry against conceding foreign trading partners more access to the country's market without extracting significant gains in return.
India told the US on Friday it was ready to negotiate a Bilateral Investment Treaty, knocking down yet another irritant bedeviling business ties between the two countries.
Although there are serious impacts on food security and the livelihood security of millions of farmers and small retailers, farmers haven't even been informed nor consulted about the FTA.
