India signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc, on Sunday. Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal co-chaired the meeting on the India-EFTA trade agreement in the national capital on Sunday. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organisation of four countries–Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland–that […]
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday, emphasised India’s commitment to fair and open negotiations in trade and investment agreements, ensuring the interests of the people are safeguarded. Speaking at the CII India-Europe conclave, Goyal mentioned that countries engaging in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and investment pacts with India should recognise the substantial market […]
India will resist US and European plans to prolong a global ban on cross-border ecommerce charges at the World Trade Organisation conference next week, fearing a continuous massive revenue loss, news agency Reuters reported. New Delhi, South Africa and Indonesia want poor countries to be able to tax cross-border electronic communications and India will advocate […]
European Free Trade Association member countries and India are making “progress” on an agreement on free trade, with officials saying that the two sides have “never been closer” to a pact. In exclusive interviews with ANI on Wednesday, Norwegian Trade Minister Jan Christian Vestre and Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda commended […]
