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After 8-month gap, India and UK resume FTA negotiations
India and the UK resumed FTA talks aiming to triple bilateral trade, addressing tariffs and business mobility while protecting each other's sensitivities.
Updated on Feb 25, 2025 04:34 AM IST
Rajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi
Trump’s tough talk on India is more of tactic than true trade war: Lord O’Neill
He also discussed why the UK-India FTA deal remains stalled and which key sectors should be prioritised to ensure the deal delivers tangible benefits
Updated on Feb 24, 2025 09:22 PM IST
In India's FTA talks with EU, sustainability a key issue
The next round of talks between the two sides is scheduled for September 23-27. This will be the ninth round since talks were relaunched in 2022.
Published on Aug 26, 2024 04:58 AM IST
Rajeev JayaswalRezaul H Laskar
UK foreign secretary David Lammy to push for partnership reset with India
The India-UK FTA, negotiations for which began in January 2022, is set to top the agenda for Lammy’s visit beginning on Wednesday.
Published on Jul 24, 2024 07:28 AM IST
UK foreign secretary David Lammy to visit India, FTA to top agenda
Lammy is expected to be in India during July 24-25, when he will meet his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and commerce minister Piyush Goyal.
Published on Jul 22, 2024 04:00 PM IST
Rajeev JayaswalRezaul H Laskar
Ahead of India-EU 9th round FTA talks, EU envoy says political drive needed
European Union ambassador Hervé Delphin said the FTA talks will need a strategic and political drive as they are set to get harder
Published on Jul 15, 2024 05:44 PM IST
Rezaul H LaskarRajeev Jayaswal
India-UK FTA 2nd round talks this month: Whiskey, EVs, lamb meat, and chocolates
India asks for better access to IT and healthcare jobs in the UK while the UK seeks cutting down on import duty on various items.
Published on Jul 07, 2024 09:34 PM IST
PTI |
What will be the future of India-UK FTA under Keir Starmer as British PM?
Labour Party's leader Keir Starmer's election manifesto includes plans for FTA with India, stressing shared values and strategic partnership.
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 02:33 PM IST
Commerce ministry in talks to upgrade FTA with South Korea
While India gave significant tariff concessions, there's a push for South Korea to give more meaningful concessions, especially for competitive Indian products.
Published on Jun 23, 2024 07:11 PM IST
PTI |
India set to sign FTA with Oman in first 100 days of Modi’s third term
Two officials aware of the matter said negotiations between India and the Sultanate of Oman were almost over during Modi’s previous term
Published on Jun 12, 2024 10:35 AM IST
Rajeev Jayaswal
Consumer goods and medicine supply to be hurt as imports held back in ports
Customs officials hold imports of consumer goods and medicines over concerns of FTA abuse for paying lower import duties.
Published on Jun 08, 2024 12:29 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan
India rejects Maldivian minister’s claim that New Delhi has proposed FTA
Maldivian minister Mohamed Saeed, said on May 25 that New Delhi wanted to ink a free trade agreement with Maldives in addition to SAFTA
Published on May 30, 2024 10:18 PM IST
Reading the fine print of India-EFTA trade deal
Does the FTA obligate the EFTA countries to invest $100 billion in India in 15 years? Not really.
Published on Mar 28, 2024 10:00 PM IST
India-UK likely to ink key trade deal after Lok Sabha elections
A trade deal between India and the UK is heading for cold storage because of London’s indecisiveness over key issues such as business mobility.
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 05:03 AM IST
Rajeev Jayaswal
India and EFTA set to ink key trade pact
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) group of nations- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – are set to sign FTA.
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 01:19 AM IST
Rajeev JayaswalRezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
India, EU to begin seventh round of FTA talks today
The two sides have already held “substantial” discussions on matters related to goods and public procurements in previous rounds
Updated on Feb 19, 2024 05:33 AM IST
Rajeev Jaiswal
Finalising FTA key agenda during visit by Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
This is the first state visit to India by the Omani ruler, who is accompanied by a delegation comprising senior ministers and officials
Published on Dec 15, 2023 08:00 PM IST
Rajeev JayaswalRezaul H Laskar
Rishi Sunak faces questions over wife's Infosys shares in FTA with India: Report
UK PM Rishi Sunak may face transparency questions over his wife's shares in Infosys in a proposed FTA with India.
Published on Aug 27, 2023 02:16 PM IST
PTI |
India, UK likely to sign Free Trade Agreement ‘much before’ the year end
For India, an FTA with the UK would be its first with a developed country after it signed an interim trade pact with Australia last year.
Published on Jul 29, 2023 08:14 AM IST
Reuters |
British companies are leveraging India’s tech expertise: Top UK official Chandru Iyer
The UK’s Deputy Trade Commissioner of Investment for South Asia insists the free trade agreement, once it is ready, will increase the ease of doing business
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 11:29 AM IST
Collaboration to be faster, easier with India-UK FTA: UK Trade Commissioner for S. Asia
UK’s trade commissioner for South Asia and chief negotiator for India-UK FTA talks Harjinder Kang believes life sciences, health tech and fintech will be key collaboration areas for tech companies in India and the UK
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 03:33 PM IST
India and Canada likely to sign interim free trade deal this year
According to the officials, the interim negotiation with Canada is “progressing fast” and the two countries may sign a deal in the second half of this year.
Updated on May 11, 2023 01:21 AM IST
Anirudh BhattacharyyaRajeev Jayaswal, Toronto/ New Delhi
Israel trusts India, comfortable sharing security secrets: Minister Nir Barkat
Israeli economy and industry minister Nir Barkat said the Adani Group’s investment in Israel was a “classic good investment”
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 09:09 PM IST
India nudges Russia to address trade imbalance due to discounted oil
India-Russia trade has witnessed a dramatic increase since last year, driven largely by purchases of discounted crude in the wake of Western sanctions slapped on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 08:53 PM IST
Rezaul H LaskarRajeev Jayaswal
India, UK reaffirm commitment to early conclusion of FTA
India and the UK had earlier unveiled plans to conclude the FTA by October 2022 but the trade deal ran into problems because of British home secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial comments that an agreement could lead to increased migration from India.
Updated on Jan 16, 2023 11:55 PM IST
IPEF will tackle new global economic challenges that FTAs don’t: US
IPEF was launched in May on the sidelines of the Tokyo Quad Summit. Initiated by the US, it has 13 other participating countries: India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Updated on Sep 08, 2022 03:48 AM IST
Prashant Jha, Los Angeles
India no longer signs FTAs just to be part of a group: Piyush Goyal
India has launched negotiations for free trade agreements with the UAE, the UK, the European Union (EU), Australia, Canada and Israel. Piyush Goyal also said that India is trying to get zero-duty exports to the UK for the textiles sector.
Published on Jan 22, 2022 06:56 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India working on FTAs with UAE, five others: Goyal
India is negotiating trade deals with the UAE, the UK, the European Union (EU), Australia, Canada, Israel and a group of countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The deal with the UAE is expected soon, a government official said requesting anonymity.
Updated on Dec 17, 2021 11:57 PM IST
Rajeev Jayaswal, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Upcoming India-US trade meet will set agenda for FTA: Nisha Biswal
Nisha Biswal, head of the US-India Business Council, says that the upcoming meeting will set the framework for trade discussions on key areas of cooperation and alignment could create a path towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Updated on Nov 22, 2021 03:32 AM IST
Yashwant Raj I Washington, Hindustan Times, Washington