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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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Topic: RCEP

RCEP trade pact in India’s interest as it gives access to Chinese market, Australia says

In an interview to ThePrint, Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu says RCEP will give Indian industry chance to expand, gain more productivity.

China wants to convince India to join Asian free trade pact

The 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Agreement has been in the works for a while and China is keen to conclude it by end of 2019.

India’s resistance stalls China-backed Asian trade agreement

India is concerned about the fallout of the trade pact in the light of China’s trade war with the US.

India can’t afford to turn its back on free trade

Chances are, the other 15 countries of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will move ahead if New Delhi continues to be obstructionist.

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Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.