North. In the next 12 months leading up to the next Ministerial, developing nations came under intense pressure to agree to additional measures in the review of existing WTO agreements and to begin negotiations on new topics like investment, competition policy, public procurement, and electronic ...
For Mains: Benefits of Free Trade Agreements for India, Key Issues Related to India's FTAs.India's Department of Commerce is pausing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations to reassess its stance, particularly on government procurement policies. While developed nations push for open procurement acces...