Free trade agreements Archives

Driving in the FTA Lane: India is in talks with 50 nations, but how many pacts will it sign in 2024?

The rush for free trade agreements (FTAs) is real. A decade and a half after economist Jagdish Bhagwati infamously dubbed preferential pacts as termites in the global trade system, the …

Why it could be a little hard for India to clinch favourable free trade pacts with UK, European Union

by Tudur Aled

Around this time last year, India and the UK looked ready to sign a free trade deal: the deadline set by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was Diwali. That …

Commerce Ministry looking at ways to increase its bandwidth to negotiate free trade pacts

by Tudur Aled

With a number of countries approaching India for negotiating bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) to boost economic ties, the commerce ministry is looking at ways to increase its bandwidth for …