India


4th round of India-Aus FTA talks likely in Nov
The fourth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and Australia is expected to be held in November this year, in New Delhi, a top official has said.
Keen interest in completing Indo-EU FTA: German envoy
The German envoy to India Wednesday said the business communities of both countries have shown tremendous interest in completing the India-European Union free trade agreement.
WTO hopes regional integration from Pak-India trade boost
The decision taken by Pakistan and India to scale down tariff to a maximum of 5% and remove all non-tariff barriers (NTBs) by 2020 will lead to regional integration, according to an official of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Forget CEPA: Focus on Indo-Lanka FTA
Amidst continuing opposition from professionals and businessmen to the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India, the Sri Lankan government is now shifting gears to strengthening the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a top government official said.
New steel policy in India on docket as FTA pressure builds
While India's steel sector debates the finer points in the draft of a new steel policy, the cry to delete steel from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and countries like Japan and Korea just got shriller.
Sri Lanka to be home to exclusive auto SEZ for Indian companies
The development assumes importance as Sri Lanka did not show positive response to India's offer to expand FTA between two countries to Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Steel should be set aside from FTA with Japan and Korea: JSW Steel
In view of growing imports of steel from Japan and Korea into India, leading private sector firm JSW Steel today demanded removing steel from the purview of free trade pact with the two Asian economic superpowers.
'Take steel out of FTA with Japan and Korea'
Worried over the growing import of cheap steel from Japan and South Korea, Indian steel giant JSW Steel, on Tuesday, demanded that steel be removed from the purview of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the two Asian economic powers.
Batting for $100-billion BPO industry: India links free trade agreement with EU to data-secure tag
India has upped the ante in its bid to get data-secure status from the European Union by linking it with free trade agreement.
'India, EU free trade agreement facing bureaucratic hurdles'
Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb blames special interests and bureaucratic obstacles for the delay in signing of the EU-India FTA.