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‘Trade action policy to require cooperation, harmonisation’
Surjit Bhujabal hailed the NTFAP 2024-2027, emphasizing synergy in customs and logistics for a robust supply chain and export competitiveness.

Published on Feb 16, 2025 04:50 AM IST
, New Delhi
Abhishek AngadUS President Donald Trump to hold ‘friendly meeting’ with UK PM Starmer soon
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Starmer had requested to meet him again in person after their first meeting in New York in September, 2024

Published on Feb 15, 2025 03:16 AM IST
Reuters |
For America, why India is not China
As Trump starts his second term, experts advise excluding India from tariffs, citing strong, mutually beneficial trade ties unlike those with China.

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:27 AM IST
For Europe's economy, US presidential election risks outweigh upside
For Europe's economy, the US election offers a "least bad" outcome of a challenging Kamala Harris presidency or a second encounter with Donald Trump.

Published on Oct 14, 2024 03:56 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti
Laptop curbs are linked to our Swadeshi legacy
76 years after Independence, we need to have a more mature debate on the colonial legacy

Published on Aug 22, 2023 10:37 PM IST
A plan to counter China economically
The most effective response to China lies in raising India’s economic growth over the long run

Updated on Apr 17, 2023 07:32 PM IST
Collaborate to spur global innovation
Rapid advances in fields such as robotics, AI and nanotechnology, along with the threat of China, have made international partnerships key. In this aspect, CERN shows the way forward

Updated on Apr 03, 2023 07:24 PM IST
India-US Trade Policy Forum to be revived today after four years
The India-US Trade Policy Forum has five focus groups – agriculture, investment, innovation and creativity (intellectual property rights), services, and tariff and non-tariff barriers.

Published on Nov 23, 2021 06:10 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India’s trade policy: Keep China out | HT Editorial
The shadow of RCEP will only go away when India’s new trade posture results in something tangible

Updated on Nov 16, 2020 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
EU launches WTO case against India over import duties
The European Commission, which oversees trade policy for the 28-member European Union, said in a statement that the total value of affected EU exports was more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) per year.

Updated on Apr 02, 2019 07:30 PM IST
Brussels |
Reuters
Trump set to become $100 billion man as US trade gap surges
The US trade deficit’s biggest contraction on record came in 2009 when it shrank by more than $300 billion in a single year as a result of the recession then under way -- and the resulting collapse in US demand for imported goods.

Updated on Mar 06, 2019 01:34 PM IST
Washington, Bloomberg |
Shawn Donnan
End ‘no-deal brinkmanship’ and let’s talk, Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn tells PM Theresa May
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party has said he will enter into talks with Theresa May only if the prime minister rules out a so-called no-deal Brexit, a scenario in which Britain leaves without an agreement and one that some businesses say would be disastrous for the economy.

Updated on Jan 21, 2019 02:37 PM IST
London |
Reuters
Britain’s Labour Party threatens PM May with new Brexit hurdle
The threat is yet another hurdle for May to clear before parliament votes on Dec. 11 on her deal for Britain’s exit from the European Union, its biggest shift in foreign and trade policy for more than 40 years.

Published on Dec 03, 2018 10:13 AM IST
London |
Reuters
US slams harmful China trade policies, threatens auto tariffs
The country’s policies on auto tariffs are “especially egregious,” taxing US cars at more than double the rate it charges other countries.

Updated on Nov 29, 2018 10:14 AM IST
Washington |
Agence France-Presse
India must take a well considered position to ensure reform in the WTO
The proposed reforms lay considerable stress on transparency, proposing punitive measures if commitments under the WTO to notify subsidies and other trade related actions are violated. This, too, is mainly directed against China. There is no reason for us to oppose this since we are run a transparent and accountable domestic regime, obligated by our Constitution.

Updated on Nov 14, 2018 11:18 AM IST
Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls US-China trade war ‘stupidest thing in the world’
Alibaba e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma declared the US-China trade war ‘the stupidest thing in the world’.

Updated on Nov 05, 2018 07:26 PM IST
Shanghai |
Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump threatens tariffs on all $505 billion of Chinese imports
US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that the United States is being taken advantage of on issues including trade policy.

Updated on Jul 20, 2018 05:02 PM IST
Washington |
Agence France-Presse
India needs a more strategic trade policy
It would mean negotiating more immigration and service agreements with specific countries. It would, fundamentally, also require India to cease thinking of trade as a zero-sum game and recognise that competition gives a nation a modern economy

Updated on Jul 09, 2018 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Vladimir Putin says economic sanctions have become political instrument
In an apparent criticism of the United States, he said economic sanctions have become a political instrument used to “suppress the competition or extract concessions.”

Updated on May 25, 2018 07:16 PM IST
Associated Press, St Petersburg |
Associated Press
India may become surprise victim of US-China trade war, says Rabobank
A tariff war will reduce exports and lead to imported inflation, which will hurt Indian purchasing power and investments, according to the Rabobank study.

Updated on Apr 18, 2018 12:46 PM IST
Bloomberg | HT Correspondent
Global trade wars never end up benefiting anybody
The United States is threatening China with tariffs and other restrictive measures. China has retaliated with tariffs on US farm imports.

Updated on Apr 04, 2018 01:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Another day, another departure: Trump’s economic adviser Gary Cohn quits over tariffs
A former Goldman Sachs president, Gary Cohn was vehemently opposed to the President’s protectionist trade policies and speculation about his departure had been around for months, going back to his criticism of Trump’s position on Charlottesville race riots.

Updated on Mar 07, 2018 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington |
Yashwant Raj