{"id":1906,"date":"2025-09-17T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iiiem.in\/blog\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:04:36","slug":"indias-trade-relations-with-countries-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iiiem.in\/blog\/indias-trade-relations-with-countries-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Trade Relations with Countries in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"q-box qu-mb--tiny\">\n<h1 class=\"q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title qu-fontWeight--bold qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-lineHeight--regular qu-wordBreak--break-word\"><strong><span class=\"c1tjc3o4\">India\u2019s Bilateral Free Trade Agreement<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-text\">\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">(as of September 2025)<\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">India has signed several bilateral trade agreements with various countries and regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><strong>(India and a corresponding country &#8211; Bilateral.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">Details on some of India&#8217;s existing bilateral agreements as of September 2025 are available, including those with<\/p>\n<ul class=\"q-box\">\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Afghanistan (Preferential Trade Agreement &#8211; PTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Australia (Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement &#8211; ECTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Bhutan (Trade Agreement), Chile (PTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Japan (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement &#8211; CEPA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Malaysia (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement &#8211; CECA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Mauritius (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement &#8211; CECPA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Nepal (Treaty of Trade),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Singapore (CECA), South Korea (CEPA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Sri Lanka (Free Trade Agreement &#8211; FTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Thailand (Early Harvest Scheme &#8211; EHS),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">United Arab Emirates (UAE) (CEPA), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">United Kingdom (UK) (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement &#8211; CETA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word\">India\u2019s Multi-lateral Free Trade Agreements (FTA between India and a region)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">India is also a participant in multilateral agreements, including the<\/p>\n<ul class=\"q-box\">\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) with countries like Bangladesh and South Korea<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">ASEAN-India Trade in Services Agreement (AITISA), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">ASEAN-India Investment Agreement (AIIA) with ASEAN member states as part of the<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">India-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Other multilateral agreements include the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) among developing countries<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) (with countries like Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein)<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">India-MERCOSUR PTA, and the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><strong>Further, India is in talks with the below listed countries for FTA and Group of Countries:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">These include talks with<\/p>\n<ul class=\"q-box\">\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Bangladesh (CEPA), and the European Union (EU) (FTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) (FTA) &#8211; Russia etc.<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (FTA), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Israel (FTA).<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">New Zealand (FTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Oman (CEPA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Peru (FTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Qatar (FTA),<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">Chile (FTA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"q-relative\">United States (US) (Bilateral Trade Agreement &#8211; BTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\">Thank you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Bilateral Free Trade Agreement (as of September 2025) India has signed several bilateral trade agreements with various countries and regions. (India and a corresponding country &#8211; Bilateral.) 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