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The Prime Minister had said earlier that India remains committed to a comprehensive and balanced outcome of RCEP negotiations and seeks balance across goods, services and investments and also within each pillar. (Photo: ANI)

India decides against joining RCEP as key concerns remain unaddressed

The sources said there will no compromise on the country's core interests.

4 Nov 2019 7:41 PM IST

Plans to finalise an Asia-wide trade deal at a summit in Bangkok this weekend were uncertain after new demands raised by India in the negotiations to create the worlds largest trading bloc. (Photo: Twitter/ MEA)

'Asian trade deal RCEP on track,' says Thailand amid concerns raised...

A major sticking point has been demands from India, which is worried about a potential flood of Chinese imports.

4 Nov 2019 10:16 AM IST

Going into this weekends summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok there had been hopes of finalising negotiations this year on the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). (Photo: MEA Twitter)

Thailand says new Asian trade deal to be signed in Febraury 2020

India has held on to its demands of amicable resolution of market access and tariff related issues.

4 Nov 2019 8:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by the Indian community in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

BJP 'brokered' J-K spin fails; Cong revises stand on RCEP

There were some reservations about opposing the RCEP as the trade pact was initiated by the Manmohan Singh government.

4 Nov 2019 12:10 AM IST

India, which has raised some tariffs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has long been the main holdout on an RCEP deal due to strong domestic opposition from several quarters over fears of Chinese goods flooding the country.

RCEP: Make it or break it

RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement between the 10-member states of the Asean and its six FTA partners.

3 Nov 2019 5:21 AM IST

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said that the health insurance scheme existed during the UPA tenure and only the money had been increased. It was a work in continuation, he claimed. (Photo: File | PTI)

Cong sees chance to expose BJP govt's poor economics

Beginning Nov. 5, it will start a countrywide stir on unemployment, agrarian distress, downturn and RCEP.

3 Nov 2019 5:15 AM IST

First, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is now in a state of stalemate. After 1995, while developing countries were forced to reduce their export subsidies and import tariffs in agriculture, developed countries refused to reciprocate.

Why this deal won't be a win-win for govt

The RCEP agreement essentially represents an escalation of these steps towards a larger umbrella agreement in the...

3 Nov 2019 5:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by the Indian community in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Will ensure our interests served at RCEP meet: PM

Modi to hold bilateral meets with many world leaders.

3 Nov 2019 2:18 AM IST

The Prime Minister, who is on a three-day visit to Thailand, said that he does not feel that he is in a foreign land as the ambience, the attire, and everything here makes me feel at home. (Photo: ANI)

'No single govt can be credited for India's ties with Thailand,' says...

PM Modi said his government was working to fulfill those aims that seemed impossible.

2 Nov 2019 8:01 PM IST

'Indian economy under seige, govt in denial': Sonia on RCEP agreement

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP) is the regional free trade agreement of 16 Asian countries.

2 Nov 2019 7:29 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who left for Bangkok on Saturday, said India will consider whether its concerns and interests in trade in goods, services, and investments are being fully accommodated when he attends the meeting of the RCEP there. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Will see whether interests fully being accommodated in RCEP: PM

Modi would be travelling to Bangkok to participate in the 16th ASEAN-India Summit on November 3.

2 Nov 2019 11:15 AM IST

Minister of commerce & industry and civil aviation Suresh Prabhu interacts with mediapersons at state BJP office in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

We should all work concertedly towards early conclusion of talks:...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a mega trade agreement being negotiated by 10 ASEAN countries.

22 Feb 2019 10:24 AM IST