Trade
Tit for tat: with visa curbs, India may restrict royalty payouts
22 Apr 2017
The commerce ministry is preparing a note on possible actions if trading partners took steps to reduce Indian services exports through visa curbs, including limiting royalty and technical fees
US visa policy shift could hurt bilateral trade: Nirmala Sitaraman
21 Apr 2017
Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitaraman has emphasised that the visa policy is a protectionist issue and that the “whole debate” could be expanded to include several American firms that are earning their profits in India as well
Trump orders changes to H-1B visa programme, not pushing legislative action
20 Apr 2017
President Donald Trump’s executive order calls for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme, to stop its "abuse" and ensure that the visas are given to the "most-skilled or highest paid" petitioners
IT sector under strain as major markets close for Indian techies
19 Apr 2017
Indian IT professionals are losing markets everywhere - from Australia to United States, the UK and Singapore - with the governments there either imposing outright curbs or hiking visa fees to discourage migration
India extends $4.5 bn line of credit to Bangladesh
08 Apr 2017
During talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, India committed $500 mn credit to Bangladesh military, and the two countries signed about 25 agreements in various fields, including nuclear power and defence
Trump signs 2 orders targeting `trade cheats’
01 Apr 2017
Engineering sales help India's exports rise for a sixth month in Feb
16 Mar 2017
Although merchandise exports from the country grew 17.48 per cent year-on-year to $24.49 billion last month, its imports rose at a higher rate of 21.76 per cent to $33.39 billion
Donald Trump says ‘buy American’; Ivanka buys Chinese
15 Mar 2017
Even as President Donald Trump promised to create jobs by following “two simple rules: Buy American and hire American”, huge shipments of his daughter’s line were reportedly on their way to the US from China?