Driving in the FTA Lane: India is in talks with 50 nations, but how many pacts will it sign in 2024?

The rush for free trade agreements (FTAs) is real. A decade and a half after economist Jagdish Bhagwati infamously dubbed preferential pacts as termites in the global trade system, the world is seeing an uptake in bilateral pacts, taking the momentum away from multilateralism. India, too, is aligned with the prevailing trend. After a long … Read more