New Delhi wants to resume negotiations on the long-pending Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Australia, talks for which stalled in 2015.
At ThePrint's Off The Cuff, economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia said India not on track to either achieve $5-tn economy by 2024, or double farmer incomes by 2022.
The most pressing threat to India’s standing in the world comes not from China’s expansionism or roguish activity of Pakistan but from polarised Indian politics.
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said the govt is going to review the free trade agreements between India and ASEAN countries signed by previous govts to address trade imbalances.
Announcement made at ASEAN Economic Integration Forum in Bangkok. India decided against joining Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership nearly a month ago.
Both countries failed to make headway mainly on a breakthrough in the civil nuclear deal, acquisition of Amphibious aircraft and progress in the bullet train project.
'Japan will continue to try to persuade India to join,' said Hideki Makihara, Japan's Deputy Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry about the regional trade pact.
For decades, India has remained among the most protectionist of the developing economies, despite adopting liberalisation policies nearly 30 years ago.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
India is making a grave mistake! A bunch of nincompoops have been handling Indian foreign affairs since 1947.
There is no other country in the world that is as friendless as India.
Not a single neighbour can frankly be called a friend of India!
Except Nepal we don’t have open borders with any country.
There is no other country in the world in similar situation.
We could not settle boundary with China since 1947/49 when both countries have new power systems and have been freed from colonial and imperialist yolk.
No other country has such undetermined boundaries for that long.
Kashmir issue has been festering and bleeding India, socially, economically and militarily bringing disrepute to the country since 1949. No other country kept such issue burning for this long.
The Belt and Road initiative is god sent for India.
India has to just lay road and rail connectivity inside it’s own boundaries! That’s not doing charity to anyone.
If we have any other capacity, it’s a great employment generator for Indian labour force to engage in BRI work in treat of the world under Indian and even Chinese companies as we have English speaking technical manpower.
The ground that China and Pakistan laid BRI road/rail network in the gilgit Baltistan area under the control of Pakistan thereby affecting the sovereignty of India is the craziest argument!
China insisted and put in a clause with Pakistan in the BRI agreement conceding that that area is a disputed area, and whenever the disputes are settled between the respective parties, China will negotiate with the party to whom the control passes and the road/rail network presence will not be used for adverse inference.
China has voluntarily done what India could ask.
These idiots in external affairs ministry, always subservient to white supremacy and white colonial/imperial interests have been the cause of greatest damage to the possible development of Indian economy and political stature in the world.
Indian politicians of all
Parties must unite, examine all these anomalies and reign in these bunch of idiots acting as agents of USA and the west and their deputy sheriff Australia!
Japan does not manufacture anything … The rest of the RCEP countries are mainly exporters … These statements are incomprehensible. 2. Whether India should join RCEP – I think it should – is for the government to decide. However, not doing so diminishes the chances that we can work out country specific FTAs with Australia or – in future – Britain, the US, or with the EU. The Indian economy is becoming both less integrated and less competitive. We can keep building walls to mask reality.
India is making a grave mistake! A bunch of nincompoops have been handling Indian foreign affairs since 1947.
There is no other country in the world that is as friendless as India.
Not a single neighbour can frankly be called a friend of India!
Except Nepal we don’t have open borders with any country.
There is no other country in the world in similar situation.
We could not settle boundary with China since 1947/49 when both countries have new power systems and have been freed from colonial and imperialist yolk.
No other country has such undetermined boundaries for that long.
Kashmir issue has been festering and bleeding India, socially, economically and militarily bringing disrepute to the country since 1949. No other country kept such issue burning for this long.
The Belt and Road initiative is god sent for India.
India has to just lay road and rail connectivity inside it’s own boundaries! That’s not doing charity to anyone.
If we have any other capacity, it’s a great employment generator for Indian labour force to engage in BRI work in treat of the world under Indian and even Chinese companies as we have English speaking technical manpower.
The ground that China and Pakistan laid BRI road/rail network in the gilgit Baltistan area under the control of Pakistan thereby affecting the sovereignty of India is the craziest argument!
China insisted and put in a clause with Pakistan in the BRI agreement conceding that that area is a disputed area, and whenever the disputes are settled between the respective parties, China will negotiate with the party to whom the control passes and the road/rail network presence will not be used for adverse inference.
China has voluntarily done what India could ask.
These idiots in external affairs ministry, always subservient to white supremacy and white colonial/imperial interests have been the cause of greatest damage to the possible development of Indian economy and political stature in the world.
Indian politicians of all
Parties must unite, examine all these anomalies and reign in these bunch of idiots acting as agents of USA and the west and their deputy sheriff Australia!
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Japan does not manufacture anything … The rest of the RCEP countries are mainly exporters … These statements are incomprehensible. 2. Whether India should join RCEP – I think it should – is for the government to decide. However, not doing so diminishes the chances that we can work out country specific FTAs with Australia or – in future – Britain, the US, or with the EU. The Indian economy is becoming both less integrated and less competitive. We can keep building walls to mask reality.