ISDS Case Map
India
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of India, the Forum Against Free Trade Agreements in India has called upon the government to review its forthcoming economic engagements with the USA, and to reject pressure from the US government and business lobby groups on India’s economic policies.
Sri Lanka’s main business Chamber urges the government to fast track the signing of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement with India and also sign more trade deals to avoid over-dependance on one country for exports.
India overcame resistance from China to become a part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, an Asean + 6 grouping which is set to emerge as one of the most significant free trading blocs in the world, government sources confirmed.
India’s bilateral trade pacts including the relatively recent ones with Asean, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea have arguably gone more to the partner’s advantage if one takes into account the widening trade deficit or increased imports
The timelines for a possible India-Europe bilateral trade and investment agreement are getting tight with both sides supposedly failing to close the deal on some critical issues.
Canada and India have concluded an eighth round of talks toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the the Canadian Government saying that it has identified core economic opportunities in India in the energy, agriculture, infrastructure and education sectors.
Setting the tone for the 4th round of Indo-US strategic dialogue taking place in New Delhi, US Secretary of State John Kerry pushed for a bilateral investment treaty to 'bolster' investor confidence in India and expressed concerns over trade barriers.
The Indian government has run out of patience and will ask the European Union to sign a free trade deal "within a narrow political window", reports Times of India
A new coalition of United States business groups, called the Alliance for Fair Trade with India, launched today to take aim against what they say are discriminatory trade practices in India against US exports.
Hoping that an India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) would be signed "in the coming months", the Israeli ambassador on Thursday said the agreement would be a "strategic game changer" in trade relations between the two countries.
