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Trump claims he helped avert India-Pakistan war using trade and tariff
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump once again claimed that he played a key role in helping de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan, highlighting how trade and tariffs have been instrumental in preventing global conflicts, during a Ballroom Dinner event.
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"India is a huge priority in our diversification strategy": Swiss govt off
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Notably, Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest duties imposed by US President Donald Trump's administration, with a 39% tariff rate implemented in August. It came after a Swiss delegation led by the country's President, Karin Keller-Sutter, failed to secure a trade deal fol
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Amid trade tension, China imposes port fees on US
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Chinese Ministry, in a statement, outlined a phased escalation for the special port fees on eligible US vessels berthing at Chinese ports, which will initially be 400 yuan ($56) per net ton from Tuesday and increase annually on April 17 for the subsequent three years.
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Trump reached half-century on claiming to stop Op Sindoor: Jairam Ramesh's
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"President Trump, during his meeting with President Alexander Stubb of Finland, reached the half-century mark on his claim that he stopped Operation Sindoor using trade and tariffs as his brahmastra. In this, President Trump has been consistent, insistent, and persistent. And it won't be
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Trump repeats false claim of having ended India-Pakistan conflict followin
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Trump again wrongly claimed he ended the conflict through the means of trade, even after the Ministry of External Affairs has rejected his claims on several occasions.
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Trump's tariffs on India probably done for egoistic reasons: JNU's Chinese
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"If Trump's ire is on the trade surpluses, it should actually be directed at China, not at India. India is a sideshow for all these, and it probably got activated due to personal egoistic reasons, on the Nobel Prize or the ceasefire. So we were in a very strange situation", the professor
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Indian wood and furniture exporters to gain competitive edge in US after T
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Indian wood products and furniture exporters will become far more competitive in the US market, as tariffs on this category will be slashed from 50 per cent to 10-25 per cent after the latest tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on wood products, said policy think tank GTRI.
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"I think it's a gain for us, we will have more startups....": EAC-PM Chair
Updated : 8 months ago IST
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
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Trump says tariffs on India caused "rift", admits he could not solve Russi
Updated : 8 months ago IST
US President Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that US tariffs on Indian goods caused a "rift" with India and admitted that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which he had expected to be the easiest to resolve, remains unresolved.
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US disappointed by India's Russian oil imports, hopes to improve ties: Tru
Updated : 8 months ago IST
White House Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett has said that US President Donald Trump and the trade team are "disappointed" with India's continued imports of Russian crude oil, but hoped for positive developments.
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Amid tariff tensions, India's current account deficit may double to 1.2% o
Updated : 8 months ago IST
India's current account deficit (CAD) is expected to almost double in the current financial year FY26 to 1.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with 0.6 per cent in FY25, amid rising trade and geopolitical tensions, according to a report by Union Bank of India.
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Despite geopolitical disruptions, Indian container cargo to grow 8% in FY2
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Indian container cargo is expected to post a resilient growth of 8 per cent in FY26 despite facing multiple geopolitical disruptions, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings.
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