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The discontents of decoupling

Economic delinking with China makes no sense for India; investment, growth and public welfare will suffer

Reorienting India's trade policy

New Delhi must pursue strategies that will enable it to take its place in an interconnected world

India-Australia summit and signals to China

After a riposte to China's bullying tactics, India must now focus on the economic pillar of the Indo-Pacific strategy

Last opportunity

India can't afford to ignore RCEP

External affairs, commerce ministries differ on invitation by RCEP nations

External affairs ministry opposes India joining it, but commerce dept open to studying new proposal

Covid-19: Experts seek income support, cash transfer for those affected

NIPFP's Rathin Roy said that providing income support and preventing wealth disruptions is a necessary requirement in the current situation.

India needs to knock down import tariffs imposed in last 3 yrs: Panagariya

Arvind Panagariya also pointed out that Covid-19 pandemic may lead to integration of global labour market

Top biz headlines: India Inc plays safe, IT clients fear data leak and more

Here are the top 10 business headlines this morning

India open to mutually benefitting alliance with interested nations: Goyal

The minister said India gives importance to 'the fair dealing and the reciprocity' while signing any multilateral agreements.

Carry forward structural economic reforms

Tackling Covid-19 should open the door for urgent economy-wide reforms

Coronavirus may impact investments into India from Japan: Keiichi Onozawa

In the long term, however, we reaffirmed the importance of robust global supply chain

Moving out of RCEP in interest of India's business, says MEA Jaishankar

Jaishankar said obviously in a globalised world, no economy can be an island unto itself

No country says that everyone is welcome: Jaishankar slams UNHRC on CAA

Asked about the UNHRC director not agreeing with India on the Kashmir issue, Jaishankar said: "UNHRC director has been wrong before.

Best of BS Opinion: Budget's tax revenue estimates, RCEP talks, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Keep the RCEP option open

By not joining the trading arrangement, India risks becoming a rule taker rather than a rule maker

Open to join RCEP in future if we get favourable offers: Govt

Piyush Goyal said India was exploring trade agreements with the United States and the European Union to allow manufacturing and services sectors to benefit from access to large developed markets

Asean bloc sends invite to India for RCEP dialogue in Bali next month

The RCEP is a proposed pact between 10 Asean economies and six others (New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea) with which the grouping currently has free-trade agreements

Need to have fairer, more equitable terms in trade relations: Goyal at WEF

Goyal said the RCEP in its present form was clearly an unworkable agreement

Letter to BS: Examining India's decision to pull out of the RCEP

In ratifying the RCEP, the barriers would have been lowered with only China, Australia and New Zealand.

Leaving RCEP: A missed opportunity?

India could have expanded trade and exported more to current partners if it had chosen to stay in the partnership