S Mahendra Dev, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), on Saturday said that India with its push for Viksit Bharat by 2047 could gain by the move by United States to impose a steep USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications and that country will ha
MEA highlighted that the "discussions have been positive and forward-looking, covering various aspects of the trade deal, adding that it was also decided to "intensify efforts to achieve an early conclusion of a mutually beneficial Trade Agreement."
Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch had a positive meeting with his counterpart, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Special Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, on Tuesday to discuss next steps in bilateral trade negotiations, with the two sides deciding to intensify efforts to achieve early
"India is coming to the table. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out a very conciliatory, nice, constructive tweet, and President Trump responded to that. We'll see how this works," he said.
According to official updates from the commerce ministry, the country has accelerated discussions on free trade agreements (FTAs) with key partners across multiple regions.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday indicated that the first tranche of the agreement with the United States on a trade deal should be finalised by November 2025
"On Friday, he (Trump) commented publicly and in social media that the US-India relationship is a special relationship and there are moments that the two countries have on occasion but it will all work out all right and the Prime Minister had responded very positively and then this morning h
US President Donald Trump expressed confidence in India-US ties and called it a special relationship. Trump affirmed that he would always be friends with Prime Minister Narendra Modi; however, he expressed displeasure over what "he (PM Modi) is doing" in contemporary times.
Responding to queries about reconsidering the tariffs on India at the White House, Trump reiterated that the trade relationship with India had been "one-sided" for many years, claiming that New Delhi had been charging the US some of the highest tariffs in the world, creating an imbalanced
With the Indian goods facing a steep 50 per cent tariffs in US imposed by his administration, President Donald Trump has claimed that business relationship between the two countries for many decades has been "totally one sided", "one-sided disaster" and also that "they have now offered to
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal stated that India and Africa will collaborate to double bilateral trade by 2030, with a focus on value addition, technology-driven farming, renewable energy, and healthcare. While addressing the valedictory session of the 20th CII India-Af