Tag: Free Trade Agreement

India, U.K. to hold next round of talks on proposed trade agreement in July

July 7, 2024 admin

The Labour Party’s election manifesto for the recent polls also committed to clinching the deal. File. | Photo Credit: AFP With the new government taking charge in Britain, senior officials of India and the U.K. will hold the next round of talks this month for the proposed free trade agreement to resolve the pending issues…

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Labour will reset partnership with India, says Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy

June 24, 2024 admin

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Days before the U.K.’s general election, the opposition Labour Party’s shadow Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, reiterated that his party would reset its relationship with India. Mr Lammy is all but certain to be the country’s next Foreign Secretary, given that Labour is most likely —…

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Gold, silver import surges 210% in 2023-24 from UAE; need duty revision in FTA: GTRI

June 17, 2024 admin

“While India’s total imports from the UAE fell 9.8% from $53.2 billion in FY23 to $48 billion in FY24, imports of gold and silver skyrocketed 210%, from $3.5 billion to $10.7 billion,” GTRI report said. | Photo Credit: Reuters “India’s gold and silver imports from its free trade agreement (FTA) partner UAE have skyrocketed 210%…

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Watch | Trade diplomacy | What’s the status of India’s Free Trade Agreements?

March 15, 2024 admin

As India signs a Free Trade Agreement with 4 European Nations, is there hope for other negotiations- from the UK and EU to Oman, Gulf and Eurasian countries? Do FTAs help increase trade substantially? And are they a challenge to the global economic order under the WTO- Up ahead, an interview with Irish Trade minister…

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India negotiating bilateral investment treaties with different countries to promote foreign inflow: FM

February 1, 2024 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India is negotiating bilateral investment treaties with different countries with a view to promote foreign inflows, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. She said that…

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Confident of striking a modern, forward-looking free trade agreement: British PM Rishi Sunak on trade ties with India

September 6, 2023 admin

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on September 6 said there was “still some way to go” for a free trade pact with India to be finalised, but appeared confident that the final outcome will be a “forward-looking” and “modern” deal that would…

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India, U.K. to continue FTA negotiations till August-end

August 27, 2023 admin

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal meets Kemi Badenoch, U.K. Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on August 26, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI Indian and U.K. officials will continue their negotiations till the month-end to iron out differences on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), the Commerce Ministry said on August…

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