The fourth round (November 3-7, 2025) of negotiations for the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) commenced on Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, marking another step forward in advancing a balanced, comprehensive, and mutually beneficial partnership between the two nations.
In a post on X, Goyal emphasised India's firm commitment to a rules-based multilateral trading system, underscoring the country's willingness to collaborate with the WTO to expand global trade.
The 14th round of negotiations for India-EU FTA, held from October 6 to 10, 2025, in Brussels, covered 12 policy areas and 91 technical sessions. Discussions centred on market access for goods and services, Rules of Origin, Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, and Technical Barriers to
The second round of India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, which concluded in New Delhi, made significant advancements in multiple areas, including trade in goods and services, investment, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade,
Some of the steps include creating/enhancing of domestic capacity, incentivising domestic manufacturing through Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, phased manufacturing plans, timely use of trade remedy options, adoption of mandatory technical standards, enforcement of free trade agre