Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy  

Whatever was the structure of earlier FTPs, it would be different from that this time.

  Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman, while speaking to the media

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There is a cow belt in Northern India and there is a beef consuming belt in Bangladesh, so why not get the market forces in action by legalising the trade.

Geographer-Hydrologist, Pronab Ray, trying to give a solution for constant India-Bangladesh border skirmishes

Source: WSJ

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The sanctions introduced against Russia is nothing else but a denial of the basic principles of the WTO.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin yet again condemning Western sanctions against Russia

Source: Dow Jones Business News

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With global trade growth slowing to half the pre-Lehman pace, there simply isn’t room for big export growth even with a weakening yen.

  Acting Chief Economist, OECD, Rintaro Tamaki, trying to defend poor Japanese export growth despite the weaker yen

Source: WSJ

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We must find a way of providing comfort for those with outstanding concerns on food security. And, at the same time, we must find a way of achieving the full implementation of all the other Bali decisions, including the Trade Facilitation Agreement.

  Director General of WTO, Roberto Azevedo trying to play a balancing act

Source: WTO

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This collaboration between Exim Bank and JBIC will help Indian and Japanese companies to participate in critical infrastructure development projects for the region’s development.

CEO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Hiroshi Watanabe after signing a MoU with EXIM Bank

Source: EXIM Bank