Indian PM Govt Gives Major Push To Free Trade Pacts As Exports, Job Creation Become Critical
Date
7/12/2022 6:18:14 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Indian PM Narendra Modi government is giving a renewed push
to conclude some of the pending UPA-era free trade agreements
(FTAs) and even clinch some new ones. The aim is to achieve the $2
trillion export target by 2030, and address disruptions in global
supply chains, Trend reports citing The
Print .
In its first tenure (2014-2019), the Modi government was
reluctant on clinching FTAs even as it sought foreign direct
investment (FDI) by opening up all the UPA-era trade pacts for a
review to increase its exports. The existing pacts, the government
believed, only encouraged more imports.
But, with increasing strategic alignment with some partner
countries, particularly Australia, France and the UK, India is now
focused on enhancing economic ties too, which has also been a
demand of the partner countries, official sources told
ThePrint.
Sources said India, which is not part of any mega-trade pact
like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), is now
increasingly entering minilateral arrangements but there is no
assured market access under such frameworks, and they are mostly
focussed on ensuring smooth operation of supply chains by
maintaining a security framework.
The Modi government is now going full throttle on negotiating
some of the key FTAs by fast-tracking negotiations with the partner
countries. All ministries concerned - Finance, Commerce as well as
External Affairs - have been tasked by the Prime Minister's Office
(PMO) to clinch these deals at the earliest, the sources added.
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