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

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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

Majority of India-UK FTA issues either closed or at advanced stage of talks: Official

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Majority of India-UK FTA issues either closed or at advanced stage of talks: Official

New Delhi: Majority of the issues in the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK are either finalised or at an advanced stage of talks, a government official said on Monday. Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce L Satya Srinivas said that the 14th round of negotiations between the officials of … Read more