Rcep Summit

After years of negotiations, India on Monday decided not to join China-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP over unresolved "core concerns", with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the proposed deal would have adverse impact on the lives and livelihoods of all Indians.

The Congress claimed credit for India's decision to distance itself from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Monday, saying that its "forceful opposition" prevented the BJP government from putting the interests of the country's farmers, fishermen and small traders at stake.

Senior opposition leaders met in Delhi on Monday to discuss the slide in the economy as well as the ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations in Bangkok and the agreement's implications for India.

The United States-China trade war has given new impetus to years of discussions on the trade bloc.

Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world's biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok, despite doubts raised by India, the Thai hosts said on Monday.

Seven years after 10 members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN and the bloc's six trade partners launched negotiations to forge world's biggest trade pact - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a key announcement will be made today on the success of agreement, Thailand, one of the ASEAN members, has said. The development ca...

India is going to continue talks on an Asia-wide trade deal that is being discussed at a summit of regional leaders in Bangkok and which Thailand has said will be signed next year, Australia's trade minister said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day Thailand visit,will attend Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit todaywhere the member countries willreview the state of negotiations on forging what could become the world's largest trade bloc.

RCEP Trade Pact: Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world's biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok, despite doubts raised by India, the Thai hosts said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Thailand, has a number of engagements today. PM Modi will participate in a business event and then co-chair the 16th ASEAN-India summit with Thailand Prime Minister. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will take part in the 14th East Asia summit. The agenda of the meet would be to review...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Saturday that if India signs the RCEP pact it will prove to be "farmers'' destruction agreement" as in times of economic slowdown, Indian markets should provide maximum help to domestic farmers.

As he left for his visit to Bangkok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that 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 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP in Thailand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Thailand from November 2 to November 4 during which time he will attend the ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Thursday.

World leaders will push for the rapid completion of a massive, China-backed trade deal that excludes the US at a summit this week, in a rebuke to rising protectionism and Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Prime Ministers of Australia, Vietnam, Japan, New Zealand, China and the Sultan of Brunei today as part of his 3-day visit for the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines. The Prime Minister will now attend the 12th East Asia Summit and the RCEP Leader's meetings before heading back to India this evening.

After years of negotiations, India on Monday decided not to join China-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP over unresolved "core concerns", with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the proposed deal would have adverse impact on the lives and livelihoods of all Indians.

The Congress claimed credit for India's decision to distance itself from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Monday, saying that its "forceful opposition" prevented the BJP government from putting the interests of the country's farmers, fishermen and small traders at stake.

Senior opposition leaders met in Delhi on Monday to discuss the slide in the economy as well as the ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations in Bangkok and the agreement's implications for India.

The United States-China trade war has given new impetus to years of discussions on the trade bloc.

Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world's biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok, despite doubts raised by India, the Thai hosts said on Monday.

Seven years after 10 members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN and the bloc's six trade partners launched negotiations to forge world's biggest trade pact - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a key announcement will be made today on the success of agreement, Thailand, one of the ASEAN members, has said. The development ca...

India is going to continue talks on an Asia-wide trade deal that is being discussed at a summit of regional leaders in Bangkok and which Thailand has said will be signed next year, Australia's trade minister said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day Thailand visit,will attend Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit todaywhere the member countries willreview the state of negotiations on forging what could become the world's largest trade bloc.

RCEP Trade Pact: Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world's biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok, despite doubts raised by India, the Thai hosts said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Thailand, has a number of engagements today. PM Modi will participate in a business event and then co-chair the 16th ASEAN-India summit with Thailand Prime Minister. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will take part in the 14th East Asia summit. The agenda of the meet would be to review...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Saturday that if India signs the RCEP pact it will prove to be "farmers'' destruction agreement" as in times of economic slowdown, Indian markets should provide maximum help to domestic farmers.

As he left for his visit to Bangkok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that 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 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP in Thailand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Thailand from November 2 to November 4 during which time he will attend the ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Thursday.

World leaders will push for the rapid completion of a massive, China-backed trade deal that excludes the US at a summit this week, in a rebuke to rising protectionism and Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Prime Ministers of Australia, Vietnam, Japan, New Zealand, China and the Sultan of Brunei today as part of his 3-day visit for the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines. The Prime Minister will now attend the 12th East Asia Summit and the RCEP Leader's meetings before heading back to India this evening.