India


Protest against CEPA
A large group of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, businessmen and workers launched a protest outside the Liberty Plaza complex at Kollupitiya yesterday, opposing the CEPA trade agreement with India.
Protests in Sri Lanka over proposed trade pact with India
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the capital Colombo Tuesday demanding Sri Lanka's government abandon a proposed trade pact with neighbouring India.
India, EU decide to fast track FTA talks
India and the European Union on Tuesday decided to fast track the talks to conclude a Free Trade Agreement within the next few months.
EU India FTA -- Free Trade or Re-inventing Colonialism
On the dangers of India's FTAs with EU
Govt to go ahead with free trade deal with India
The Indonesian government will go ahead with the implementation of a free trade agreement with India despite strong opposition from local industries about a similar trade deal with China early this year, says a senior trade official.
Discuss FTA talks with EU in Parliament: CPM to govt
Taking exception to “extreme secrecy” in negotiations on the India-EU free-trade agreement, Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the Manmohan Singh government to discuss all proposals and drafts in Parliament and with states before taking any further step.
India may use EU drug suit to turn FTA talks in its favour
By formally declaring their willingness to take the European Union to the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement court last week, India may be using the looming legal dispute as leverage to control the free trade (FTA) negotiations which have hit a snag on social issues.
Thailand, India talk of replacing limited trade pact with FTA
India and Thailand are likely to restart talks on a full-fledged free trade agreement including goods, services and investments.
Indo-Israeli FTA talks to ride on equal trade opportunities
A free trade agreement between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion.
FTA? Nothing free about it
Growing chorus of voices against the FTAs India is lining up and why