Prof Manoj Pant, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade argues that from a long-term point of view, import substitution should be seen along with the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, and...
Prof Manoj Pant and Samridhi Bimal argue that for post-COVID realisation of the Make in India vision, greater liberalization of FDI policies needs to be complemented with greater liberalization of tra...
Prof Manoj Pant, Director, IIFT, argues that for once, the IPR waiver on COVID vaccines should be taken as a non-political necessity in response to a once-in-a-decade event. The long term political op...
Prof Manoj Pant, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, discusses the trends in global trade over the past 5 years and how policymakers should approach the Foreign Trade Policy 2021-26 with Indi...
While the leadership change in the US may be a shot in the arm for new WTO Chief Dr Ngozi Okonjo, she has to walk a tightrope on a number of urgent issues. Arguably, the priority for her would be to e...
Prof Manoj Pant, Director, IIFT, opines that global trade has changed a lot, even though we’re still negotiating multilateral agreements based on dated trade patterns. Now companies are major actors...
An arbitrary & poorly thought out mechanism by US to declare India a developed nation is not a healthy sign for the weakening multilateral framework....
India has immense potential to diversify exports by concentrating on value addition in sectors closely related to its current capabilities....
Prof Manoj Pant, Director, IIFT, feels that India must explore RTAs, as they will allow gradual adjustment to competition in a multilateral set up....
Indo-US relations may remain complex under the Joe Biden administration, even as the former can expect a more pragmatic and 'multilateral' approach on trade issues. However, in the aftermath of the pa...
