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Trade push to top agenda of Katherine Tai’s 3-day visit

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s three-day India visit is starting January 12. (AFP)
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 07:44 am IST

USTR flags market access, tariffs, digital trade as key issues

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai met Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi.
Published on Nov 23, 2021 05:34 am IST

‘Equalisation levy doesn’t discriminate against any American company’: India rebuts US’ claims

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 12:58 pm IST

Digital services tax in India discriminates against American companies: USTR

The finding paves the way for potential retaliatory tariffs but the USTR did not immediately specify actions to counter such taxes.
Published on Jan 07, 2021 04:01 pm IST

The US is being unfair to India on trade. Resist it

India put up a strong paper at the WTO last year to prove its ‘developing’ status
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 04:53 pm IST

WTO panel upholds US complaint, recommends India withdraw export subsidies

A USTR release said that Export subsidies provide an unfair competitive advantage to recipients, and WTO rules expressly prohibit them.
Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:51 am IST

US trade representative calls US-China economic relationship unbalanced

Trump administration official also listed out the steps being taken to address the US-China economic relationship challenges.
Updated on Jun 19, 2019 11:15 am IST

‘India has offered new package to US to fix trade irritants’: Suresh Prabhu

Minister of commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 12:11 pm IST

US lawmakers ask for GSP talks to be held after elections

A bipartisan duo of US lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Trump administration delay the termination of zero-tariff trade benefits for India till after election to make room for discussions.
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 07:51 am IST

Trump threatens new $100 billion tariffs on Chinese products

Trump ordered his administration to consider imposing tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese imports, a salvo that sent US stock futures tumbling on concern the world’s two largest economies were hurtling towards a full-blown trade war.
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 11:24 am IST

US list of $50 billion tariffs aims at technology, China vows to retaliate in equal measure

Trump said on March 22 the tariffs were aimed at penalizing Beijing for what the US alleges to be theft of American companies’ intellectual property. China imposed tariffs of its own in response to Trump’s actions on metal imports.
Updated on Apr 04, 2018 11:20 am IST