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Merkel, Modi push trade ties and climate action
30 May 2017
At the end of the fourth round of inter-governmental consultations, the two countries signed 12 agreements, including on cyber cooperation, development cooperation, education and railway safety
India-Japan `Freedom Corridor’ set to counter China’s OBOR
16 May 2017
The Indo-Japanese initiative, called the `Freedom Corridor’, stretching from Asia-Pacific to Africa, aims at stabilising the region amid Chinese designs that have a destabilising effect on countries of the region
Protectionist Trump brings Japan, China and S Korea on one platform
06 May 2017
Japan and China also today kicked off their first bilateral financial dialogue in two years to cement economic and financial cooperation to offset any fallout of US President Donald Trump's protectionist policies
Local sourcing norms to boost Indian steel industry
03 May 2017
The government is expected to come out with a new policy that makes local sourcing of steel mandatory for all state infrastructure projects
Modi, Erdogan walk the tight rope to boost India-Turkey ties
02 May 2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit comes a week after India hosted the President of Cyprus and vice president Hamid Ansari visited Armenia - the two countries with which Turkey has territorial and diplomatic disputes
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
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