Even as exporters struggle with varying international standards for agricultural crops Sujit Patra, Secretary, India Tea Association, explains how the lack of internal harmonisation of standards in th...
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RCEP is an important market for Indian fisheries exporters. Now that there’s no RCEP-India deal, India has quite a few options before it – signing FTAs with RCEP nations that are favourable for th...

Jagdish Fofandi, President of Seafood Exporters Association of India, opines fisheries industry needs to cut the cost of production to survive competition from Vietnam, Thailand & Indonesia....

Chalasani Bhaskar, Agri ESG entrepreneur states that India before venturing into FTAs, has to invest in infrastructure to first get the fishermen to be efficient, productive & regulation compliant to ...

Azhar Tambuwala, Sahyadri Farms, says that banks become jittery when they see shipping bills from Iran. Merchant transactions can resolve this issue....

To resolve payment crisis with Iran, Indian government has various options before it such as legalising third party payments & importing other commodities....

Prof Rupa Chanda, RBI Chair of Economics, IIM Bangalore, talks about possible regions where India can pursue greater trade integration post its exit from RCEP. At the same time, she asserts that FTAs ...

India's concerns on possible rise in trade deficit with RCEP participation are understandable, but it should actively consider other ways of engaging with value chains of East and Southeast Asia, besi...

Prof Amita Batra, Centre for South Asian Studies, JNU, asserts that while US and EU have been traditionally large markets for India, integrating with the countries of East Asia and Southeast Asia is i...

Dr. Basanta Sahu, IIFT, opines that India’s production advantages in food products offer a great opportunity to diversify its agricultural trade basket....