Tag: India-Mercosur

• Monday, August 15th 2016 - 07:09 UTC

  Mercosur-India talks expected to expand preferential trade agreement

  

  India has begun the process of expanding its preferential trade agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc, opening its market more to South America and negotiations are expected to start in a month or two. The number of products on which tariff concessions is given is likely to increase to more than 3,000 from 450 at present with more agricultural products getting covered in the pact.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 10:18 UTC

  Delhi proposal to triangle South Africa Customs Union, India and Mercosur

  

  India will be launching negotiations for a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with Mercosur although it will first “expedite” talks for a preferential trade agreement with the South African Customs Union (SACU).

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 18:08 UTC

  Tax and investment protection agreements needed to boost India/Mercosur trade

  

  India emphasized the need to deepen trade and investment engagements with Latin America by expanding the existing PTA with Mercosur, during a business seminar in Montevideo, Uruguay. But he added that double tax and investment protections agreements are critical to expansion.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:31 UTC

  India working to “upgrade” tariffs agreement with Mercosur

  

  India is working on “upgrading” the tariffs agreement with Mercosur, which could translate in more items of trade being included in the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) or move to free trade agreement with the LATAM countries.

• Sunday, February 27th 2011 - 23:10 UTC

  India interested in reaching out to Latin America and Mercosur

  

  India is reaching out to emerging markets and Latin America, and more precisely Mercosur is a strategic priority, said India’s Minister for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India-Uruguay business conference that hosted a large Uruguayan business delegation led by the country’s Vice-President, Danilo Astori.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:04 UTC

  India pledges greater economic cooperation and trade with Uruguay

  

  India pledged on Thursday greater economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT. In 2009-10, bilateral trade stood at 64.3 million US dollars.