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India – UAE CEPA Negotiations
India and UAE launched the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in September 2021. The countries are to hold the third round of negotiations. What is CEPA? CEPA is an economic deal signed between India and UAE in 2017. It is a free trade pact. It covers negotiation on trade and services, investment and other economic partnerships. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: CEPA • Free trade agreement • India-UAE • Trade agreement • UAE
Curbs on Palm oil imports tightened
On April 13, 2020, India tightened its curbs on imports of palm oil. Under the new conditions, the authorisation for imports of palm oil should be accompanied with pre-purchase agreement. Highlights Apart from the pre-purchase agreement, “certificate of origin” has also been made mandatory. This certificate is important to prove where the goods come from. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: India imports • India-Indonesia • india-malaysia • Palm oil • Trade agreement
Developing Country Status in WTO
US President Trump has made a sharp criticism against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for allowing countries such as India and China to engage in unfair trade practices that affect American economic interests. President Trump questioned the “developing country” status enjoyed by India and China at the WTO and argued that these countries are not ..
Topics: Commercial policy • Free trade • Law by country • Least developed countries • Politics by country • Protectionism • Tariff • Trade • Trade agreement • US-China Trade War • World government • World Trade Organisation • World Trade Organization • WTO
India and Peru held the 4th round of FTA
India and Peru have held the 4th round of negotiations for a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Lima, Peru. The agreement is aimed to boost the 2-way commerce between both the countries. Both the countries have negotiated a trade agreement covering goods, services, investment, movement of professionals, investments, dispute settlement, technical barriers to trade, ..
Topics: Current Affairs – January, 2019 • Economy • Free-trade area • India and Peru • International Relations • International Trade • Trade agreement • Trade blocs • Trade facilitation • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
India’s Rising Trade Imbalance
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) refer to the cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers like import quotas and tariffs to increase trade of goods and services with each other. How does FTA’s work? The free-trade agreement aims at reducing barriers to exchange so that trade can grow as a result of specialisation, division of labour, and most importantly ..
Topics: International Relations • International Trade • Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership • Trade agreement • Trade barrier • Trade blocs
United States sign trade pact with Canada and Mexico to replace North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The United States has signed trade pact with Canada and Mexico to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They signed an authorization for the deal on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit 2018. The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has 34 chapters & is meant to ..
Topics: Free trade agreements • Free trade agreements of Canada • Free trade areas • International Relations • International Trade • North American Free Trade Agreement • Trade agreement • Trade blocs • Trump tariffs