FTA Stealing the Limelight!

In recent past, we witnessed some violent protests in Seattle in 1999, Cancun in 2003 and Hong Kong in 2005. These protests were largely intended to prevent the world to push the liberal trade and economic agenda through the WTO (World Trade Organisation). Now, it seems that FTA (free trade agreements) negotiations have occupied the […]

Are FTAs More about Politics than Trade?

India has been pushing hard to sign bilateral and regional free trade agreements with many countries and regional blocks spanning almost all over the world. However, India’s record has been poor in terms of inking a final deal. While, a final breakthrough still eludes India in FTA with ASEAN, the free trade negotiations with EU […]