'Zero-For-Zero Tariff Is Best Medicine For India'

'No retaliatory tariffs now. You can retaliate after a few months. Today, there is no need to retaliate because it is a question of long term benefits.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi makes......

Modi favours expansion of ties between India, ASEAN

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with leaders of ASEAN countries at the ASEAN-India Summit on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, on Sunday. Photograph: Athit......

India keen to take ties with ASEAN to new heights

Giving a fresh impetus to its ties with ASEAN, India today said it would soon draft a five-year action plan starting 2016 for enhancing connectivity and cooperation in diverse areas and hoped the......

Modi 2.0 and the SCO Summit

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is very much aligned with the foreign policy priorities of the Modi 2.0 government, says Sana Hashmi.  IMAGE: Kyrgyz President and SCO chair Sooronbay......

India-ASEAN FTA in trouble

The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement has hit a roadblock with the agriculture ministry objecting to the inclusion of farm products like pepper, rubber, palm oil, coffee and tea in the tariff......

Making the Asean FTA work

Eliminating more than 250 market-access barriers is one of the most challenging tasks, says Biswajit Dhar. The formalisation of Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) covering the goods sector......

Kamal Nath begins parleys on ASEAN-FTA

Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday began hectic parleys with his counterparts from Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam to narrow down differences on finalising the much-awaited Asean-India Free......

ASEAN FTA: Good or bad for Indian farmers?

Tuli Sinha, a research officer at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, assesses the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and its implications for India. Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma......