SAARC Concluded Amid Indo-Pak Trade Dispute (August 07, 2006)
India complained bitterly to the commerce ministers governing the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) that Islamabad has failed to implement key provisions of the agreement into force and not granting tariff reductions to its exports. <More>

EEPC Estimates Engineering Exports at USD 23B (August 03, 2006)
The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) set an export target of $23 billion for this fiscal year up from $19.18 billion and said that the amount could even go up by another USD 1 billion from miscellaneous items. <More>

India Corporate Says No to Quota (July 31, 2006)
Senior members of the Indian industry met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and conveyed their opposition to legislated cased-based quota regime but promised that will fund training programs, introduce ethical hiring codes, and adopt alternative solutions.<More>

India to Raise Pak Trade Curbs at SAARC (July 28, 2006)
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath told the Parliament that he will raise the issue of import restrictions by Pakistan at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit early next month in Dhaka.<More>

ASEAN Suspends FTA (July 28, 2006)
Malaysia’s Trade Minister was quoted saying that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has suspended free-trade talks with India because New Delhi is demanding that 850 goods it imports from South East Asia to be excluded from the list.<More>

RTAs to be More Transparent (July 14, 2006)
Countries like India that have been excluded from Regional Trading Agreements (RTAs) for political reasons will benefit from new Negotiating Group on Rules that require transparency mechanisms of World Trade Organization (WTO) be implemented in RTAs.<More>

Farm Sector Disagreements Stall WTO (July 05, 2006)
In further hardening of stance,  India has rejected heavy concessions from developing nations while only few concessions are forthcoming from developed nations especially in access to markets for agricultural and industrial products.<More>

India to Harden Stance at WTO (June 30, 2006)
Ignoring threats and warnings from World Trade Organization (WTO) personnel, India disclosed that it has toughened its stand on agriculture and industrial tariffs and asserting that development challenge of the Doha Round must be addressed. <More>

Tariff Relief per SAFTA (April 20, 2006)
At a meeting of South Asian Commerce Ministers meeting at Dhaka, India and Pakistan agreed not to charge import duties on 5% of products traded within the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) region.<More>

3 PHC workers for every 10,000 (April 12. 2006)
A recent World Wealth Organization (WHO) study revealed that India had only 3 Primary Health Care (PHC) workers for every 10,000 of its population, which also predicted a worldwide shortage of 4.3 million workers.
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India Refuses To Budge on WTO (April 07. 2006)
While World Trade Organization (WTO) warned India not to miss out on benefits of the Doha round and concede key tariffs to provide greater market access; India asserted that its 30% import rate sufficiently proved its market access credentials.<More>

India & GCC in new Partnership (March 28, 2006)
India and 6 Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) entered a new era of partnership with a free trade agreement (FTA) and framework agreement for economic cooperation.<More>

Indian Exports May Hit USD 100 Billion in a Month (March 15, 2006)
Moving in line with long-term goal of doubling India’s share of world’s trade in 5 years, going by recent export trends, value of Indian exports would be close to the USD 100 billion mark.<More>

India and Japan Expects to Sign CEPA (January 16, 2006)
Indian and Japan are expected to sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by the end of the year. <More>

Board of Trade Discuss Decline in Exports (January 11, 2006)
Federal Commerce & Industry Minister Kamal Nath has called for a Board of Trade meeting to discuss the alarming decline in exports in November 2005. <More>