Former Vice Chancellor of IIFT, Dr. Manoj Pant, analyzes the strategic implications of US tariff actions, arguing they serve as negotiation tactics rather than a full-scale trade war. He highlights the potential weakening of the WTO and the growing shift toward bilateral agreements. Dr. Pant discusses how tariffs could accelerate...
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Professor at ICRIER examines the implications of U.S. tariff actions on global trade and multilateral frameworks. She highlights the challenges India faces in leveraging the China+1 strategy, emphasizing the need for policy clarity and tariff rationalization. Discussing a potential Bilateral Trade Agreement with the US, she underscores...
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Professor at ICRIER, discusses the key challenges and opportunities in global food security, trade policies, and supply chain resilience. She highlights how disruptions like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have exposed vulnerabilities in global food supply chains. Emphasizing the need for policy stability, she critiques...
India is in the process of re-negotiating its free trade agreement with ASEAN to address a widening trade deficit and seek deeper tariff cuts on exports like chemicals and gems. The review also aims to strengthen rules of origin to prevent trade misuse. ASEAN may request more concessions. The process...
Founded in 1960, EFTA facilitates free trade for countries outside the European Community, and currently includes Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Negotiations on a broad-based India-EFTA Trade and Investment Agreement were officially launched in January 2008, based on recommendations made by a Joint EFTA-India Study Group. The 21st round of discussions...
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