Sitharaman, who is in Washington to attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, was responding to a question on the status of the India-US trade deal currently been negotiated between the two countries. read more

As part of the deal, China would significantly step up purchases of US agricultural commodities, agree to certain intellectual-property measures and concessions related to financial services and currency, Trump said Friday at the White House. read more

Talks are currently underway towards an “interim” deal in the near-term and an FTA over a longer term, with India agreeing to open up portions of its agricultural sector in exchange for partial restoration of its benefits under a zero-tariff preferential... read more

Following the roundtable with energy firms, India’s largest LNG importer Petronet signed an MoU with Houston-based Tellurian to invest $2.5 billion for 18% equity in the US energy major’s Driftwood project and negotiate the purchase of five million tonnes... read more

Piyush Goyal’s comments follow US President Donald trump and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s statements on Tuesday saying the trade deal was in the offing. People familiar with the developments say the deal is likely to be a limited one for now. read more

Japan will eliminate the tariffs on US wine within five to seven years after the trade agreement goes into effect, the Nikkei reported without giving its sources. read more

Marcos Troyjo, Brazil’s deputy economy minister for foreign trade, said Brazil had formally started free trade talks with Mexico, which recently ratified a new trade pact with the United States and Canada to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement... read more

Trump said in his tweets that the US is “doing very well in our negotiations with China,” without offering any specifics. He said he’s certain China would “love to be dealing with a new administration.” read more

Boris Johnson, who took office last month, had his first bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier on Sunday at the G7 meeting in France and the two discussed a range of issues including trade. read more

Speaking alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Trump touted there’s gonna be a very big deal between UK and US. read more

Johnson said he had already spoken to US President Donald Trump about his concerns, adding he would do so again when they meet on Sunday morning. read more

Under growing domestic and international pressure, Bolsonaro on Friday promised “zero tolerance” for environmental crimes and pledged “strong action” to control fires -- many of them set by loggers emboldened by his government’s disdain for environmental... read more

US President Donald Trump had said in June that Britain’s public health service should be on the table in talks about a trade deal between the two countries after Brexit but later backtracked on his comments. read more

“The deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now...or no deal at all,” Trump tweeted as the latest US-China trade talks began in Shanghai. read more

The former foreign secretary is ready to travel to the United States as soon as possible if he becomes the prime minister to secure a limited agreement before the Brexit deadline of Oct. 31, the paper said. read more