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Modi pitches for India-ASEAN FTA amidst RECP talks
04 Nov 2019
Prime Minister Modi said that ASEAN is at the core of India’s Act East Policy, even as he said that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership should be beneficial to all parties and that India has put forward “reasonable proposals" in a clear manner as it continues to engage in the talks with “sincerity"
India, Germany to intensify cooperation in combating terror: Modi
01 Nov 2019
India and Germany signed five joint declarations of intent and inked 11 agreements in the fields of space, civil aviation, maritime technology, medicine and education to further build on their existing ties
India to enter FTAs on own terms; in no hurry: Piyush Goyal
31 Oct 2019
The commerce minister said India will take all measures to protect the interests of the country and the industries and ensure job creation, even as he stressed that India cannot adopt an isolationist position and remain cut off from the rest of the world
India, Saudi Arabia to sign strategic partnership agreement
29 Oct 2019
Saudi Crown Prince has committed to invest over $100 billion in India, Modi said ahead of his visit to Riyadh
Brazil extends visa free visits to Indians
25 Oct 2019
US and India near trade deal, says Nirmala Sitharaman
21 Oct 2019
A Regional Economic Cooperation Pact (RECP), which is heavily loaded in favour of China, is pulling India out of its look-East policy and instead forcing the country to look West
India’s April-September merchandise trade deficit hits $83.71 bn
16 Oct 2019
India imported goods valued at $243.28 billion in April-September 2019-20 while its imports during the period stood at $159.57 billion
Ahead of Modi-Xi meet, China pledges to fix trade imbalance
11 Oct 2019
Private companies from India and China signed more than 120 MoUs for export of various products from India, including sugar, chemicals, fish, plastics, pharmaceuticals and fertilisers while over 60 Chinese entrepreneurs from 34 sectors have formalised trade agreements worth about $100 million ahead of the meeting of the two leaders at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu
India looks set to join China-led RCEP despite trade woes
11 Oct 2019
While the RECP negotiations are aimed at finalising the free trade pact by the end of the year, India’s commerce ministry said it will be looking for safeguards to be built into the proposed pact to prevent a sudden surge in imports
India’s onion export ban spooks Asian markets
03 Oct 2019
Govt sets stock limits for onion, bans exports
30 Sep 2019
The centre has fixed a stock limit of 100 quintal for retail traders and 500 quintals for wholesale traders, in a move to facilitate release of stocks in the market and prevention of hoarding by traders
PM Modi, President Trump pat each other at 'Howdy Modi' event
23 Sep 2019
Narendra Modi on Sunday showered praise on the US President for his leadership qualities while tearing into India’s detractor Pakistan, even as he projected India’s strengths, including its demography, diaspora, diversity, democracy, economy and the process of modernisation underway
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