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Four challenges that demand attention in India’s FTAs
June 08, 2026 5:48 pm
When it becomes cheaper to manufacture in an ASEAN country and export duty-free to India than to produce in India, investment and jobs tend to move abroad. As a result, FTAs can encourage firms to ‘Make in ASEAN, Sell in India’ rather than ‘Make in India’
India-New Zealand FTA: Shielding trade from great power rivalry
May 01, 2026 6:49 pm
Bilateral pacts like the one signed this week function as strategic shock absorbers
India’s first women-led FTA is a win for exports, shield for farmers
April 27, 2026 12:44 am
Unlike earlier decades, when trade agreements often exposed India’s vulnerable sectors without adequate safeguards, current negotiations ensure that agriculture, dairy, and other sensitive areas remain fully protected
FTA with EU strengthens India domestically, regionally and globally
February 05, 2026 4:42 pm
It is likely to cause dismay in Islamabad, which until recently had been basking in the attention that it had enjoyed from President Trump in the wake of Operation Sindoor. With an economy a tenth of India’s size, dependent, yet again, on an IMF bailout, it may soon discover that kowtowing to Trump has yielded few dividends
Govt negotiates for FTAs only after safeguarding interests of Indian agriculture: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
February 03, 2026 5:14 pm
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is yet to make an official statement about the India-US trade deal.
India-US agree on a big deal, it marks a welcome shift to freer trade, a domestic reform agenda awaits
February 03, 2026 4:45 pm
The Indian economy is now more closely integrated with the western world, pointing towards the convergence of interests in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty
The deal is done. History will remember this moment in India-US ties
February 03, 2026 12:08 pm
The India-US trade deal represents both an opportunity and a test. It is an opportunity to rewire the relationship and rebuild trust. What remains concerning, however, is the enduring impact of domestic churn in both countries
The India–EU deal’s big swap: Automobiles & wine for labour-intensive goods
January 28, 2026 7:28 am
Government officials said that the exports from the labour-intensive products were $35 billion in 2024 and that the duty on $33.5 billion worth of products will go down to 0 when the trade deal enters into force. Their duty on the remaining goods will go down to zero in 3, 5 or 7 years.
Top Trump aide Scott Bessent says Europe financing 'war' against itself by buying oil products from India
January 26, 2026 10:18 pm
"And just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves."
Between India and EU, a carbon gap and an FTA bridge
January 02, 2026 7:09 am
The new tax could wipe out 16–22 per cent of the actual prices received, force contract renegotiations, and weaken the presence of Indian products in the EU — a market that absorbs about 22 per cent of India’s steel and aluminium exports
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