The last few years have witnessed a welcome embrace of free trade agreements by the Indian government. Within this year, three trade deals have been wrapped up — one with the UK, another with Oman a few days ago, and now negotiations have concluded with New Zealand. The India-EFTA trade agreement (it includes the countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), which was signed in March last year, also took effect on October 1. These agreements, which come after similar deals were signed earlier with the UAE and Australia, signal the desire to seek greater integration........

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