New Delhi: Possibilities of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United States are being examined and Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goel and US Secretary for Commerce Wilbur Ross held discussions regarding this. It is said that the Ministers concurred on signing a limited cooperation agreement between the countries, before the FTA. At […]
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New Delhi: – India has started talks regarding Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union. At the same time India, has expressed willingness to start discussions regarding Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced that India is also willing to sign the Preferential Treatment Agreement (PTA) with the United […]
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Paris/Washington/Tokyo: While the US-China trade war is intensifying, US President Donald Trump announced a free trade agreement with Japan. President Trump gave information regarding the free trade agreement, following the discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the sidelines of the G7 summit being held in Paris. Trump claimed the agreement to be […]
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Niamey: Nigeria, the largest country in West Africa, has consented to join the ambitious Free Trade Agreement for the African continent. The Nigerian consent, increased the number of African countries, joining the Free Trade Agreement, to 53. At the same time, senior officials said that this makes the path smoother,for implementation of the Free Trade […]
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Washington/Seoul: A free trade agreement boosting the import of US cars, trucks and medicine into South Korea and easing the procedures for the same, was signed on Monday. The agreement gains significance as it is the first bilateral agreement signed by President Trump, since he came to power. President Trump expressed confidence that both the […]
Read More »Colombo/Beijing: Elections for local government bodies will be held in Sri Lanka this weekend and there are indications the prime issue for this will be of Chinese influence. In view of this, the Sri Lankan government is making efforts to defer the signing of the Free Trade Agreement with China. The Sri Lankan envoy in […]
Read More »A free–trade area is the region encompassing a tradebloc whose member countries have signed a free–trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers – import quotas and tariffs – and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.
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Berlin: The ‘Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’ (TTIP), the proposed free trade agreement between the US and the EU, which would have created the largest free trade region of the world, has come to an end, claimed the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel indicated that the negotiations regarding the agreement may not be conducted further, […]
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New Delhi – Russia has a balanced trade of about $200 billion with China and is keen to increase its bilateral trade with India by proposing and negotiating a free trade agreement through Eurasian Economic Commission, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Denis Manturov who is currently on his visit to India. He also […]
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Pune: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal claimed countries that were not very serious about talks on the free trade agreements (FTA) with India in the past had changed now. He further claimed that after realising that India was a reliable partner country, these countries have been giving a lot of importance to talks on trade […]
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