India


Singapore Chamber signs trade promotion agreement with BNCCI
Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the century old Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) here to promote bilateral trade and business relations at the state level besides exploring further opportunities.
Govt proposes to begin talks with GCC on FTA
The Indian government proposes to initiate negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA), Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
SAFTA to come into effect from new year
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) will come into effect from January one next, Lok Sabha was informed today.
FTA must cover at least 90 percent of trade: Asean Sec-Gen
A quality free trade agreement (FTA) between countries should cover 90 to 95 per cent of their trade, Asean Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said Wednesday, adding that India's long exclusion list of products hampered such a pact with Asean.
Korean mid-sized cos to drop anchor here
After the big daddies, it appears to be the turn of mid-size Korean companies to hot foot it to India.
Asean concerned about India's position on FTA - Abdullah
Asean has expressed its concern on India's proposal to exclude a large number of products from tariff concessions under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
South Korea seeks FTA with India
President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday held back-to-back summits with his counterparts from India and New Zealand on the sidelines of a regional conference here to discuss ways to strengthen South Korea's bilateral ties with those countries.
Bilateral truths
When was the last time you heard Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk about the World Trade Organisation?
PM makes out a strong case for Pan-Asian FTA
Saying that India was examining ways to develop regional trading arrangements with China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave an affirmative commitment here that India will dismantle ''unwarranted'' barriers, expand global capital flows and bring down tariff rates to levels prevalent in ASEAN countries, as a build-up to creating an East Asian Community.
FTA held up by trivial items
TOILET seats, dolls and chewing gum were some of the products a bemused Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said had presented a hitch to the negotiations to the Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA).