International Relations
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Explained | What’s inside India–New Zealand FTA: Tariff cuts, services push, farm safeguards & more
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in April 2026, concluding years of negotiations and marking the first comprehensive bilate...
India-New Zealand FTA to give major boost to exports: Experts
The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, signed on April 27, 2026, provides 100% duty-free access for all Indian goods to the New Zealand market, benefiti...
India–New Zealand FTA talks near finish after decade-long gap
India and New Zealand concluded a Free Trade Agreement in December 2025 after negotiations formally began in March 2025 — a turnaround of approximately nine ...
UAE-Iran differences and India’s plans to dilute language on Israel-Palestine derail joint statement at BRICS meet
BRICS Deputy Foreign Ministers and Special Envoys on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) convened in New Delhi on April 23–24, 2026, under India's BRICS ...
India must identify key chokepoints, mitigate both supply & price risks: EAC-PM Chairman S Mahendra Dev
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) articulated the need for India to systematically identify and mitigate key economic chokepoints ...
Before the Iran war, how empires fought for the Strait of Hormuz
Since late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blocked to commercial shipping following the outbreak of the Iran-US-Israel conflict, tri...
70% of Indian goods to enter New Zealand duty-free under FTA; big boost for MSMEs, says Piyush Goyal
Under the India–New Zealand FTA signed on April 27, 2026, approximately 70% of Indian goods will enter New Zealand without any import duty from the date of e...
Piyush Goyal to meet exporters on Monday as India signs FTA with New Zealand
Ahead of the India–New Zealand FTA signing on April 27, 2026, India's Commerce and Industry Minister and New Zealand's Minister for Trade and Investment join...
Exporters upbeat as India, New Zealand set to sign FTA on Monday
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 27, 2026, granting Indian exporters 100 per cent duty-free market access across a...
India, New Zealand to ink free trade pact on April 27; aims to double bilateral trade
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on April 27, 2026, concluded in a record nine months of negotiati...
Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis
The Strait of Hormuz has been the site of an unprecedented dual blockade in 2026 — the United States declared a naval blockade of Iranian ports from April 13...
The FTA cautionary tale: What India-Korea trade warns us about new global deals
A recent analytical commentary has examined India's experience with the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with South Korea — signed in 2009...
India, New Zealand to sign FTA on April 27; deal provides Indian exporters 100% duty-free access
India and New Zealand signed a bilateral Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026, granting Indian exporters 100% duty-free access to the New Zealand market. T...
FTA with New Zealand to provide huge opportunities for Agra’s leather exporters: Goyal
Ahead of the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement signing (April 27, 2026), the Commerce Ministry held stakeholder consultations in Agra with representativ...
Hormuz disruption, $100 oil pose risks to India's inflation, rupee: Union Bank
The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (since late February 2026) and the broader West Asia conflict pushed Brent crude oil prices above USD 100 per ba...
New Zealand to sign FTA with India tomorrow; Luxon calls it ‘once-in-a-generation deal’
India and New Zealand signed a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026 in New Delhi, marking the culmination of negotiations launched on March 1...
India plans global diplomatic push across Europe, Africa, BRICS and Quad in May
India is undertaking an intensive round of multilateral and bilateral diplomacy in May 2026, spanning Europe, Africa, and two major groupings — BRICS and the...
Shipping crisis exposes gaps in India’s maritime strategy
The ongoing conflict in West Asia triggered a severe shipping crisis in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, bringing into sharp focus long-standing st...
Updates on Key Sectors in View of Developments in West Asia
In response to the evolving situation in West Asia, the Government of India activated a coordinated inter-ministerial response spanning the energy, maritime,...
What rules govern international waters?
The geopolitical and legal status of the Strait of Hormuz has come under scrutiny following tensions between Iran and the United States over freedom of navig...