India


Inverted duty structures in FTAs not good: ACMA
Automotive Component Manufacturer Association of India (ACMA) Wednesday urged the government to look into the inverted duty structures in free trade agreements (FTAs) which it intends to sign.
Not-so-free trade agreements
The flavour of protectionism is spreading in the US sometimes at the cost of impeding market access for trade partners. The recent law signed by US President Barack Obama to raise work visa fees will hit Indian companies immediately and US companies with global operations in the medium and long term.
India, SA trade agreement on track
India's government hopes to “wrap up very quickly” negotiations around a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Africa.
Japan, India to agree on FTA by year-end: sources
Japan and India are expected to reach a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
Commerce Dept: No intention to hide facts in CEPA
The Government has no intention to hide the facts in the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka and all the details will be made public before agreement is signed, a senior official said.
In pursuit of mutual prosperity
Asia's re-emergence as a global economic powerhouse is creating a greater degree of economic interdependence while at the same time helping to increase regional security among the Asean member nations.
FTA talks likely to figure in Indo-Mexican meet
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks may be high on the agenda when Mexican foreign minister Patricia Espinosa arrives in India on Monday on a three-day visit.
Indian people's call for 'Freedom from FTAs'
On India's Independence Day on 15th August 2010, recalling the fight against colonial powers that came in through the trade route, a people's call for 'Freedom from FTAs' has been given out through the Forum Against FTAs in India
Anti-counterfeiting agreement faces Indian opposition
The Ministry of Commerce has expressed grievances with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union (EU), US and Japanese-led Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Day of retail democracy
Today, on 9th August, taking a leaf from the ‘Quit India’ movement for independence of India, retailers and hawkers observed ‘Day of Retail Democracy’ by organizing sit-in protest across India against move to allow foreign direct investment in multibrand retail and negotiations for free trade agreements (FTA).