Trade
India’s April-August trade deficit hits $64.14 billion
15 Sep 2017
India added $11.64 billion to its trade deficit in August with imports rising over 21 per cent to $35.46 billion and exports rising at a slower pace of 10.29 per cent to 423.82 billion during the month
India, Japan sign 15 MoUs after Modi - Abe meet
15 Sep 2017
India, Japan open skies for each other’s airlines
15 Sep 2017
The agreement will not only boost connectivity and passenger travel between the two countries, but will also help bring down airfares on these routes
India likely to finalise defence, nuclear deals with Japan: report
13 Sep 2017
While Japan has been averse to the idea of nuclear trade, the need to rescue technology giant Toshiba from the financial troubles that Westinghouse has brought upon it seems to have necessitated a change in Japanese government’s attitude
Tech giants vow to fight Trump’s move against child immigrants
07 Sep 2017
President Trump on Tuesday revoked the Obama-era programme known as Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA), a move likely to impact 800,000 undocumented workers, including more than 7,000 Indian-Americans
India, China call for end to trade-distorting farm support by West
01 Sep 2017
Developed countries which provide 50 to 100 per cent in subsidies on certain farm products and have more than 90 per cent of the global farm subsidy entitlements of nearly $160 billion, wants developing countries to stop providing 10 per cent in subsidies to poor farmers
India, US plan new dialogue mechanism to boost India-Pacific security
16 Aug 2017
For India, the new initiative is important because of the prevailing hostile atmosphere in the continent, while the looming threat of a trade war with China and the growing chasm with its NAFTA allies combine to force America to look elsewhere to boost trade
India's April-July trade deficit zooms to $51.50 bn
14 Aug 2017
India’s imports in July spurted 15.42 per cent to $34 billion while its exports grew at a slow pace of 3.94 per cent to 22.54 billion and if the trend continues, the country could end the fiscal with a record trade gap of over $150 bn
India’s defence imports from US set for big leap: report
14 Aug 2017
India’s imports of defence gear from the United States has already touched $15 billion and this could leap further with US offering to help India modernise is military in the face of duel threat from China and Pakistan
US slaps import duties of up to 81% on Chinese aluminum foil
09 Aug 2017
The US Commerce Department is also investigating into whether aluminum shipped in from foreign countries hurts US national security
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