“The next round of talks for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman will start from January 16 and the negotiations for the pact are progressing well,” a senior official said on January 9. “The talks on the text of most of the chapters have been concluded by both sides for the … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the U.K.’s National Security Adviser Tim Barrow in London. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to London included discussions on Khalistani separatist activity in the U.K., with the newly appointed Home Secretary James Cleverly and the National Security Adviser Tim Barrow. Specifically, Mr Jaishankar has … Read more
The free trade agreement (FTA) talks with India are “progressing” and Britain will only agree to a pact that works for the whole of the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told his ministers at a Cabinet meeting in London on Tuesday. Ahead of his first visit to India as UK Prime Minister to … Read more
UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is visiting New Delhi for the sixth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the UK and India, first formal round since July. Badenoch will meet her counterpart minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal in person for the first time, aiming to strengthen ties between the two countries … Read more
India is reconsidering a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the country’s biggest trading member in the bloc, approached it to revive talks that got stalled in 2008. Early analysis has identified about 1,100 products, including washing machines, ACs, refrigerators, spices, tobacco, cotton fabrics, textiles … Read more