PM Modi's challenge for 2016 is to make foreign policy and trade walk together, not hang separatelyModi, during his August visit to the UAE, positioned India as an attractive alternative for these sheikhdoms to embrace a new paradigm.
India not seeking membership in TPP, TTIP: Nirmala SitharamanAs per 2014 statistics of the WTO, the TPP countries account for 22.5 per cent of global trade in goods and commercial services.
NITI Aayog to engage with its Chinese counterpart Development Research CommissionTop officials of NITI Aayog, led by its vice chairman Arvind Panagariya, will be in Beijing next week for a two-day dialogue.
The coming trade storm: Tides are shifting, India must decide fast on a strategy to cope with post-TPP eraAnother mega deal is currently being negotiated, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and European Unio...
RCEP pact: Commerce Ministry to hold consultations with industry on goodsAfter the consultation, the Ministry would prepare an initial offer on goods for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, an official s...
It's crucial for India to become part of RCEP: Commerce Secretary Rita TeaotiaRCEP is under negotiations and is an extremely important institutional process which will have significant implications for India and other...
HSBC's Douglas Lippoldt: Almost half of the world's population lives in 16 countriesThese countries all also happen to be part of the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a "mega-regional" trade agre...
Around the world in 9 days: Did PM Narendra Modi betray a lack of strategic focus in his latest trip?PM’s trip to France, Germany and Canada yet again underscored the extent to which his foreign policy is yoked to his domestic policies.
'India needs to gear up to face challenges of mega trade pacts'Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said that these pacts would add a completely new dimension to the global trading system.
Eco Survey: Weak infra, challenging labour laws affecting India's tradeIt said that a significant upgrading of Indian trade capability will be necessary for India to be able to join these (TPP and TTIP) mega-re...
India willing to go ahead with free trade pact with EU: Nirmala SitharamanIndia is part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement but not the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and TTIP.
India needs to prepare for challenges mega trade deals pose: Rajeev KherIndia needs to focus on improving product standards, manufacturing and services delivery to remain competitive in the global markets.
India risks losing interim protection to it's food security programme due to it's tough stand: ExpertsThe cap is calculated on total production based on the 1986-88 output, a limit already close to being breached by most developing countries.
US says science should settle farm debates in trade deal with EUA planned EU/US trade deal should sweep away "non-scientific barriers" to US sales of many genetically modified crops and some chemically t...
Commerce secretary, Rajeev Kher urges industry to adopt global standards fast to counter TPP, TTIP impactsTPP includes all the 12 Pacific Rim countries, including the US, Australia and Japan, while TTIP will essentially be an agreement between t...
Eurozone on the road to recovery, yet unemployment threat loomsThe Eurozone is showing strong signs of recovery, but the unemployment crisis is still a threat to overall recovery process.
New global trade pacts may cut out India, ChinaOne of its unstated aims is to check China’s rise through economic discrimination. But it could end up discriminating against India too.