ISDS Case Map
India
The negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between India and Switzerland will resume in February this year when the Swiss trade secretary will be on a visit to New Delhi.
With the interim trade deal between India and Australia set to come into force on 28 December, the two countries are aiming to complete negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) agreement by September next year.
The TPF is a premier forum to resolve trade and investment issues between India and the US, focusing on agriculture, investment, innovation (intellectual property rights), services and tariff and non-tariff barriers.
Negotiators on both sides are working on ironing out the differences that remain before a mutually acceptable document is arrived at. They are scheduled to meet for two rounds of discussions in New Delhi and Ottawa in January and February.
British trade minister Kemi Badenoch will hold her first face-to-face meeting with her Indian counterpart in New Delhi in an effort to spark life into talks over a free trade agreement between the countries.
The unambiguous conclusion that can be arrived at based on the analysis provided in this paper is that these FTAs have not been beneficial to India.
Israel's Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, indicated that Israel is planning to kick start dialogue regarding the India-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations soon.
Sri Lanka will soon resume talks with India on the stalled Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), authorities said, as Colombo looks to trade pacts and foreign direct investments to rebuild its crisis-hit economy.
The free trade agreement between India and Australia will come into force from December 29 giving duty free access to thousands of domestic goods in that market, which will help in almost doubling the bilateral commerce to $45-50 billion in around five years.
That much of world trade happens through free trade agreements and these help boost exports are among myths that need to be busted.
