The government has
initiated proposals for having Trade Agreements with the following
countries in South East Asian and Latin American Regions:BrazilBruneiChileColombiaMalaysiaMercosur
(as a trading block of four countries namely, Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay)MyanmarThailandUruguayVenezuela The
Trade Agreements with Myanmar, Thailand, Uruguay and Mercosur
are likely to be finalized in year 2003 and for the remaining
countries, efforts are on to finalise the same as soon as possible.
This was stated by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State
for Commerce & Industry, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha
today.
