After walking out of negotiations on the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, the government said it would renegotiate its existing Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and redouble its efforts to conclude other trade negotiations. The task is likely to swamp both the Commerce and Industries Ministry (CIM) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) negotiators in 2020. ...

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for India and Australia to restart talks for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). Abbott, who oversaw the signing of Australia’s free trade pacts with China, Japan and South Korea had done his best as Prime Minister to promote free trade but was keener on bilateral deals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...