Puran Singh, 30-year-old COO and co-founder of EF Polymer, spoke exclusively with IBT on his fascinating entrepreneurial journey, from conceptualising the idea to being selected under Startup India, u...

India's steel industry faces disadvantages due to FTAs with Japan and South Korea despite being the most cost competitive among major global steel producers. It is important for the government to rene...

From a 'sum-of-parts' approach IBT looks at non-ASEAN RCEP countries that India can intensify engagement with as it chooses to stay out of the agreement....

Prof Rupa Chanda, RBI Chair of Economics, IIM Bangalore, talks about possible regions where India can pursue greater trade integration post its exit from RCEP. At the same time, she asserts that FTAs ...

India's concerns on possible rise in trade deficit with RCEP participation are understandable, but it should actively consider other ways of engaging with value chains of East and Southeast Asia, besi...

Railways privatisation is a welcome step to improve capacities and bring in differentiated services for customers. But global experiences show that it is best to approach the exercise in a slower, car...

Prof Amita Batra, Centre for South Asian Studies, JNU, asserts that while US and EU have been traditionally large markets for India, integrating with the countries of East Asia and Southeast Asia is i...

As India looks to revive its trade agreements with partners in the post-COVID scenario, the G-20 naturally takes precedence, as it accounts for over 70% of global trade. A preliminary analysis confirm...

Under Joe Biden, US & India have to be more accommodative on specific transactional issues hampering their limited trade deal. It is important for the world's oldest and largest democracies to factor ...

The Indo-Japan relationship has not translated into gains for India in terms of FDI as well as access to the Japanese market. While Japan needs to bring down its regulatory and import barriers for foc...