A Subcontinental free trade utopia
SAFTA has been hyped following the SAARC summit, but will it only help the trader and not the people? And what of services?
Joe Thomas K | Jan 01, 2004
Towards a Grey Revolution
The message from the Government of India is becoming clear: farmers get out of agriculture and make way for the contractors.
Devinder Sharma | Jan 01, 2004
Is the largest market in the making?
The prospect of free trade in the subcontinent is expected to stamp-out illegal trade and the routing of goods through third countries leading in the long-term to benefits for all in the region.
Farhan Reza | Jan 01, 2004
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