US support for India’s membership of regional trade blocs on the wane?The US has turned distinctly cool to India’s overtures to joining the Asia-Pacific regional trading arrangement, APEC.
India needs to be integrated into global trade pacts: USIBCUSIBC's outgoing Chairman Ajay Banga of MasterCard has been strongly arguing in favour of India joining TPP.
India needs to be integrated into global trade pacts: USIBCThe 12 countries Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US and Vietnam constitute 40 ...
Right time for India to join APEC, say Australia's ex-PM Rudd and Mastercard's BangaThey termed the APEC membership a "low-risk, high-reward pathway' for India to participate more fully in the Asia-Pacific and global tradin...
China warming to US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership: ReportSoftening its stand, China is adopting a more welcoming attitude toward US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement which is now being negot...
China says 2014 an year of bumper harvest for its diplomacy"China has experienced a bumper harvest of diplomacy in 2014," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here at a reception for diplomatic mis...
Xi Jinping pushes China's FTA vision as APEC leaders meet"We need to translate the consensus into actions and make development blueprints for the next five, ten and even 25 years," said Xi.
US, China wrangle over rival FTAs casts shadow on APEC SummitTPP will bring 40% of global economy under an agreement for increasing trade, jobs, high standards for workers & intellectual protection, s...
APEC cautiously supports China-backed free-trade zoneA joint statement by foreign ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum called for steps to be taken to "tra...
Asian countries decide to create trade pact for A-PacBusiness leaders of Asian nations today decided to promote new free trade agreements and strengthen the existing pacts.
ASEAN centrality key to stabilityIf internal rifts in ASEAN widen and the notion of 'ASEAN centrality' as an anchor of regional stability is jolted, there could be more unc...
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Democrats and Republicans may not agree on much these days, but they are finding some common ground when it comes to trade.
- Japan to join Pacific free-trade talks
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- India may not get berth in APEC
India is unlikely to be inducted as a member of APEC at the Asia Pacific Summit that is set to take place in Australia, as there is no cons...