Dec 12, 2024, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) are working towards finalising a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that balances ambition with mutual sensitivity, aiming to bolster economic ties and strengthen supply chain resilience, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
India signs FTA with European Free Trade Association with investment commitment of $100 billion
Mar 11, 2024, at 02:34 am
New Delhi: India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on Sunday signed a Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).
India will not rush into signing hasty FTA deals: Piyush Goyal
Feb 24, 2024, at 03:01 am
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that India will avoid making hasty free trade agreements (FTA) unless there is a just and balanced arrangement in trade deals, media reported.
India-ASEAN to start FTA review in November
Sep 08, 2023, at 04:45 am
New Delhi: India and the ASEAN bloc are expected to start the review of the free trade agreement in November, media reports said.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to visit UK to further FTA negotiations
Jul 09, 2023, at 09:56 pm
New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the UK from 10th to11th July to focus on the ongoing India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations and meet the ministers from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member countries to discuss the progress of the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) with EFTA.
Piyush Goyal, Canadian counterpart Mary Ng review progress of India-Canada FTA
May 11, 2023, at 07:45 am
New Delhi/Ottawa: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, who is visiting Canada, co-chaired the 6th India- Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment (MDTI) along with his Canadian counterpart Mary Ng, during which they reviewed the progress in the Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
India-UAE Free Trade deal has strengthened bilateral ties: PM Modi
Feb 19, 2023, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the India-UAE free trade agreement signed a year ago has given a fillip to Indian entrepreneurs and also deepened bilateral ties with the Gulf nation.
India-UK FTA to boost jobs, investments and exports between the two countries
Dec 14, 2022, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi: The Minister for Commerce and Industry of India, Piyush Goyal, and UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Kemi Badenoch, MP, met on Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss India-UK FTA negotiations.
India-Australia FTA to be effective from Dec 29
Dec 01, 2022, at 03:10 am
New Delhi: India and Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will come into force from December 29, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted on Wednesday.
India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) decide to pursue resumption of FTA Negotiations
Nov 26, 2022, at 12:21 am
New Delhi: Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India, and Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf, Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held a Joint Press Conference, in New Delhi on Friday, to announce the intent to pursue negotiations on the India-GCC FTA.
India-UK trade deal likely to be stuck over skilled worker access issue: Report
Oct 13, 2022, at 07:31 am
The India-UK trade deal is unlikely to meet the October deadline over the issue of access to thousands of Indian skilled workers, media reports said.
India and UK conclude fifth round of talks for FTA
Aug 12, 2022, at 05:50 am
India and the United Kingdom (UK) concluded the fifth round of talks for an India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on July 29, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said.
96 lakh MSMEs registered on Udyam portal in two years: MSME Secretary
Jul 14, 2022, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Within two years of the adoption of the new definition for MSMEs, and the subsequent launch of the Udyam portal, almost 96 lakh MSMEs, with the employment of 7.34 crore, have registered, Secretary for the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) B B Swain said Thursday.
India and EU re-launch negotiations for Free Trade Agreement
Jun 18, 2022, at 10:05 pm
Brussels: In a joint event held at the Headquarters of the European Union (EU) at Brussels on Friday, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of European Commission formally re-launched the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
Piyush Goyal consults industry as part of India’s FTA negotiations with UK, EU and Canada
May 16, 2022, at 12:10 am
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a day-long stakeholder consultation with various sectors of the industry in Mumbai on Saturday on India’s ongoing negotiations on Free Trade Agreements with Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
India, Canada formally decide to expedite talks on Free Trade Agreement
Mar 13, 2022, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi/Ottawa: India and Canada have decided to quicken the pace of talks to consider a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade along with an early harvest deal, according to an official statement.
India, UK conclude first round of talks for FTA
Jan 29, 2022, at 06:26 am
New Delhi/UNI: Seeking to negotiate an early trade deal, India and the UK have concluded the first round of talks for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Piyush Goyal seeks industry inputs on FTAs, market access, reducing compliance burden
Jan 23, 2022, at 01:08 am
New Delhi/UNI: Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday asked the Indian industry to inculcate a greater appetite for risk-taking, leverage the cost advantage as well as the trust advantage that it enjoys and partner with all stakeholders including Central and state governments to attract businesses to India and transform it into a global leader.
India, UK FTA to boost bilateral trade by up to £28 billion a year by 2035
Jan 14, 2022, at 06:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As India and UK are set to work on building closer trade ties based on mutually agreed terms through a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), both sides expressed confidence that the deal would boost bilateral trade by up to £28 billion a year by 2035.
Jan 13, 2022, at 11:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In a major calibration of the India-UK bilateral relations, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan launched negotiations on Thursday for a Free Trade Agreement(FTA).
Maldives planning to scrap FTA with China to protect trade relationship with other nations
Oct 13, 2020, at 08:05 pm
Male: Maldives may soon scrap Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China to protect its trade relationship with other countries, media reports said.
Union ministry says valuation of rupee is contingent on many factors
Nov 23, 2016, at 10:13 pm
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IBNS): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha about the impact of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the valuation of rupee.