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TikTok sale would have been final if not for reciprocal tariffs on China: Trump
Donald Trump indicated that reducing tariffs on China could quickly facilitate the deal.
Updated on Apr 07, 2025 11:59 AM IST
Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs to kick in from April 5: A 10-point guide
US President Trump announced a 10% universal tariff on most imported goods along with additional high tariffs on around 60 countries as a retaliatory measure.
Updated on Apr 03, 2025 10:44 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Nikita Sharma
Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico ‘on time’ for March 4 deadline
Along with tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Donald Trump also said the reciprocal tariffs he plans on other countries will also go ahead as planned.
Updated on Feb 25, 2025 08:19 AM IST
Donald Trump tariff effect: How your household budget may suffer
Donald Trump's tariff: As a candidate, Trump pledged that he would slap 60% tariffs on goods from China and 10% tariffs on goods imported from other countries.
Updated on Nov 10, 2024 08:51 PM IST
Negotiating with India on restoring its preferential trade status: US official
Top US trade representative on Thursday said the administration is negotiating with India over its status under trade preference programme Generalized System of Preferences.
Updated on Jun 19, 2020 11:17 AM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
US senators urge Trump to ask India to reduce import tariff on soda ash
About 58 per cent of US soda ash production is exported. According to the Senators, because of the global rise in environmentally conscious policies and the thousands of US jobs dependent on soda ash, the US has prudent interests in keeping tariffs low with India and other nations.
Published on Feb 07, 2020 08:59 AM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
Data, e-commerce laws held up as India, US talk
The sticking points include import tariffs and barriers, and the two proposed laws that officials now say may undergo changes to strike a balance between domestic interests and foreign investors’ concerns.
Updated on Jul 29, 2019 08:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajeev Jayaswal and Rezaul H Laskar
50 percent tariff on US motorcycles by India unacceptable, says Donald Trump
Trump was referring to the import tariff on the Harley Davidson motorcycles, an issue that has been close to his heart and wants India to reduce it to zero.
Updated on Jun 11, 2019 08:06 AM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
Japan takes India to WTO over mobile phone import duties
Japan’s complaint, the first step in a legal dispute, said India had sought to foster domestic production by adjusting various taxes including customs duties, especially since it launched the “Make in India” campaign in September 2014.
Updated on May 14, 2019 10:33 PM IST
Reuters | Reuters
Donald Trump calls India one of ‘highest taxing nations’
Such a high tariff is not fair, Trump said Tuesday while addressing the National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Spring Dinner here.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 09:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
US-China trade war helps raise soya price
The gap between MSP and actual market prices received by farmers in the case of soyabean has been far narrower than what it has been for other commodities. Low farm-end prices are a key reason why retail food inflation shrunk 0.86% in October, its steepest fall in 13 months, official data show.
India considers more import curbs to prop up rupee
India is considering a proposal to increase import duties on a raft of products ranging from plastic to steel as it seeks to curb a ballooning current-account deficit and prop up a sagging rupee, people familiar with the matter said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is planning to increase tariff on items including furniture, chemicals and mobile phone components, the people said, asking not to be named as the information is not public.
Updated on Oct 11, 2018 07:13 PM IST
Bloomberg | Shruti Srivastava and Siddhartha Singh, Bloomberg
It may look like ‘taper tantrum’ but India’s in better shape: Report
In 2013, India bore much of the brunt of the “taper tantrum.”
Updated on Sep 27, 2018 07:40 PM IST
Bloomberg | Anirban Nag
Indian airlines unlikely to face big hit from tariff on jet fuel imports, govt data shows
India’s move to impose a 5 percent tariff on imported fuel dented shares of domestic airlines on Thursday, sparking fears of further pressure on airlines.
Updated on Sep 27, 2018 06:20 PM IST
New Delhi | Reuters
India fights rupee drop, cash crunch in coordinated policy moves
The coordinated policy moves come as India - Asia’s third-largest economy - faces a barrage of bad news, from elevated oil prices and a tumbling rupee to the debt crisis at a lender and a cash crunch in the banking system.
Updated on Sep 27, 2018 07:13 PM IST
Bloomberg | Kartik Goyal and Anirban Nag
India may withdraw decision to hike tariff on US products if issues resolved
India has announced to increase customs duty on 29 products, including pulses and iron and steel products, imported from the US as a retaliatory action against the tariff hike by Washington.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 06:11 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
China’s plans to import Indian drugs fail to enthuse Indian pharma firms
Exports to China are possible only after lengthy field trials and approvals, which could take years, an official at an Indian pharma firm said.
Updated on May 13, 2018 11:45 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Beijing | HT Correspondent
Good news for carmakers as Jinping slashes auto tariffs amid US-China trade spat
China will “significantly lower car import tariffs” and “sincerely hopes to boost imports,” Chinese president Xi Jinping said in a speech at the Boao Forum in Hainan on Tuesday.
Published on Apr 10, 2018 03:22 PM IST
Bloomberg | Bloomberg News