Page 4 - Trade Policy

National retail trade policy proposal back in consumer affairs department

Commerce ministry preparing industrial and e-commerce policies: Officials

Previous trade policies can help avoid pitfalls

In the seventies, the feeble attempts to promote exports started and gained some steam in the eighties

Wanted: Better trade policies

Import tariffs discourage trade; they do not reduce the trade deficit or foster a competitive manufacturing sector

PM urgently needs to focus on trade policy

The current institutional arrangement that disperses strategic decisions to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of External Affairs lacks the necessary depth

Needed: A smarter activist trade policy

As global giants embark on a trade war, pygmies in global trade like India may either get crushed or, if they play smartly, be able to increase their market share

The importance of trade

Now, value of trade in goods and services, and remittances could be as high as $1.2 trn

Deepak Lal: Trade policy and Brexit

The UK must acknowledge that foreign trade is a positive-sum game, and the correct policy is a unilateral adoption of free trade

Rajeev Kher: A trade policy agenda for India-II

An essential element of India's trade policy agenda has to be a state-of-the-art technical regulatory system

Rajeev Kher: A trade policy agenda for India - I

India came out with an elaborate foreign trade policy statement last year. Global developments thereafter have only accentuated need for a more persuasive agenda on international trade

Hardeep S Puri: India's trade policy imperatives

The government has no choice but to take a good hard look at the implications of regional trade agreements and other global trends