Norway on Sunday announced that the Trade and Economic Participation Agreement (TEPA) between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will provide zero tariffs on almost all of its exports to India. The country also announced there will be no capping on number of professionals, planning to come there for work. Also read: India’s gains from … Read more
Duties on substantial number of goods imported from EFTA countries–Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein–including chocolates, watches, smartphones, olive oil, corn flakes, machinery, textiles, medicines, cod liver oil, tuna, trout and salmon, will be phased out by India under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement signed on Sunday. Also read: Trade agreement to provide zero tariffs … Read more
India and the four-nation European bloc EFTA will sign a free trade agreement on Sunday with an aim to boost two-way trade in goods, services and investments, an official said. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The pact received approval from the Union Cabinet on March 7, the … Read more
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, which include Switzerland, Finland, Norway and Leichtenstein, are likely to sign a long-negotiated bilateral free trade agreement on March 10, aimed at increasing trade and investment flows, job creation and economic growth, according to multiple sources. Also read: India seeks greater market access, flexibilities in rules … Read more
The proposed free trade agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, with a commitment of $100-billion investments from the four-country bloc into India over the next 15 years generating an estimated 1 million jobs, may be formalised soon as the pact “is ready” and going through legal scrutiny, sources have said. … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: P.V. Sivakumar India on Thursday said it has rejected the demand of the four European nations EFTA bloc for inclusion of a ‘data exclusivity’ provision in proposed free trade agreements, stating that it always protects the interests of the domestic generic drugs industry. Commerce Secretary Sunil … Read more