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New Delhi: India has shared draft terms of reference (ToR) for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Qatar, incorporating comments on Qatar’s earlier version, the commerce and industry ministry said Wednesday. “The ToR has been substantially finalized, and both sides are actively engaged in discussions,” the ministry said in its year end report, adding that […]
State-owned NHAI on Tuesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Reliance Jio to introduce a telecom-based safety alert system across the National Highway network. In a statement, NHAI said that using Jio’s existing 4G and 5G network, travellers will receive warnings on their mobile phones as they approach identified risk locations such […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of G20 Summit, in Johannesburg | Photo Credit: ANI India and Canada are likely to start formal negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the first quarter of 2026 but the exercise would be from scratch […]
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP India and Canada will start discussions from next week on beginning negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. However, the actual negotiations are likely to kick-start not before February 2026 so as […]
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP India is at present negotiating free trade agreements with a number of trading partners, including the US and European Union, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. India is working with its trusted trading partners through these agreements, […]
Both sides agreed to strengthen trade facilitation, regulatory collaboration, data sharing, and convening of services subcommittee meeting, said a statement. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto India and the UAE have reviewed the progress under the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) that led to an increase in bilateral trade to $100 billion in FY25, but widened Delhi’s […]
With Japan, India’s trade deficit in FY25 was $12.68 billion, up from $3.5 billion in FY11 | Photo Credit: Igor Vershinsky India’s ongoing efforts to address its staggering $12.6 billion trade deficit in FY25 with Japan emphasise a larger problem with other FTA partner countries. The issues that have been flagged in the case of […]
TEL AVIV/ NEW DELHI: India and Israel on Thursday inked terms of reference (ToR) to formally launch negotiations for a free trade agreement, commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said.The ToR, which will be the basis for talks, includes market access for goods by eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers, investment facilitation, simplification of customs procedures, […]
As part of the BTA, the US has been interested in greater market access for both dairy and agricultural products that are mostly of the GM variety in the country Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said there will be “good news” on the ongoing negotiations for the proposed India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) once […]
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday signalled that the proposed India–US trade pact might soon reach a conclusion, once a balanced pact is finalised. The minister said, “When the deal will become fair, equitable and balanced, you will hear good news.”Speaking at the Indo-US Economic Summit organised by the Indo-American chamber of commerce, […]
