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India, UK in final talks to clear FTA hurdles

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal’s ongoing European visit has heightened expectations for a breakthrough, with both nations working to find mutually acceptable solutions within the next two days. (HT file)
Published on May 01, 2025 09:57 AM IST

‘Sustainability’ still looms over India-EU trade talks

‘Sustainability’ still looms over India-EU trade talks
Published on Apr 28, 2025 06:22 AM IST

India, US finalise terms for bilateral trade agreement negotiations: USTR

India and the US on Monday said that they made "significant progress" in negotiations
Published on Apr 22, 2025 01:58 PM IST

JD Vance, PM Modi welcome ‘significant progress’ in India-US trade pact talks

PM Modi hosted US vice president JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance and their children – sons Ewan and Vivek and daughter Mirabel – for a dinner that was also attended by cabinet ministers. (X/narendramodi)
Updated on Apr 22, 2025 03:08 PM IST

Terms finalised, US-India drill down on sectors for trade deal

The ToRs are “broad-based” giving “wide scope” to both parties to negotiate an “ambitious, mutually beneficial, multi-sector BTA” (bilateral trade agreement) that would help to enhance the two-way trade to $500 billion by 2030 from the current level of about $200 billion.
Updated on Apr 12, 2025 07:18 AM IST

Trade talks conclude, India eyes tariff respite from US

Trade talks conclude, India eyes tariff respite from US
Published on Mar 30, 2025 06:22 AM IST

Negotiating trade deal, says MEA as Trump’s tariff deadline nears

The response from the external affairs ministry came two days after Trump said he planned to go ahead with reciprocal tariffs on India next month. (PTI)
Published on Mar 22, 2025 07:32 AM IST

As Trump repeats threat, India hopes ‘some sort of understanding’ on trade talks

US President Donald Trump gestures during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on March 20. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 09:27 PM IST

India, US working on removing trade barriers: MoS

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jitin Prasada Prasada said the US issued a “Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” on February 13, 2025, wherein its secretary of commerce and United States Trade Representative (USTR) are directed to take necessary actions to investigate harm to the US from any non-reciprocal trade arrangements adopted by trading partners. (ANI)
Published on Mar 12, 2025 07:00 AM IST

On US reciprocal tariffs on India, Centre's updates in Parliament

US President Donald Trump and PM Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington DC on February 13, 2025.
Updated on Mar 11, 2025 04:26 PM IST

India reacts cautiously to Trump tariffs threat, points to trade deal talks

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. on March 6. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 07:37 PM IST

India-US trade deal aims to reduce barriers, enhance market access: MEA

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 07:15 PM IST

Agriculture key focus in early India-US trade talks

The Trump administration is keen for greater access to Indian markets for a variety of American agricultural produce.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:38 AM IST

India, UK to resume FTA talks after one-year gap

Piyush Goyal (ANI)
Published on Feb 24, 2025 07:10 AM IST

India’s firm stand at WTO Ministerial saved its schemes for food security, MSP

PM Narendra Modi with union minister Piyush Goyal
Published on Mar 03, 2024 04:53 PM IST

Australian envoy says partnership with India deterrent to coercion

Australia is also hopeful of “practical outcomes” by the yearend in cooperation on critical minerals. (Barry O’Farrell | Twitter)
Updated on Jun 28, 2023 10:36 AM IST

‘EFTA members committed to solving outstanding issues for India trade deal’

Swiss state secretary for economic affairs Helene Budliger Artieda visited India last week with counterparts from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway for talks with commerce minister Piyush Goyal (Twitter/SECO_StateSec)
Updated on May 01, 2023 06:44 PM IST

India and Thailand consider expanding trade basket, address export issues

The meeting on Thursday was the first physical meeting of the JTC, which was revived in 2020 after a gap of 17 years. (Twitter/DoC_GoI)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 09:52 PM IST

India, Russia begin talks on Eurasia free trade deal

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and deputy Prime Minister of Russian Denis Valentinovich Manturov during an event, in New Delhi. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 06:03 AM IST

India nudges Russia to address trade imbalance due to discounted oil

Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov and external affairs minister S Jaishankar  at the India-Russia Business Dialogue in New Delhi on April 17 (ANI)
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 08:53 PM IST

Modi speaks to Sunak, raises embassy attack

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting on November 16, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (REUTERS)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 11:51 PM IST

India, UK trade talks not halted over protest. But there are complications

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting on November 16, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (REUTERS File Photo)
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 10:03 PM IST

The emerging contours of tech policy

From the flourishing of start-ups to the bursting forth of artistic talents, the online space is unleashing boundless potential. To the extent possible, we should preserve the openness of the internet
Updated on Dec 13, 2020 08:38 PM IST

India, United States close to finalizing ‘initial’ trade deal

The two-track negotiations were first discussed publicly by President Donald Trump in remarks to reporters before his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York in September.
Updated on Nov 15, 2019 06:51 PM IST

‘Confident India-US trade dispute will be fixed soon’, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Atlantic Council round table in Washington on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 04:51 AM IST

Most of Indo-US trade disputes resolvable in near term: Jaishankar

The US has also raised concerns over high trade deficit with India.
Updated on Sep 30, 2019 09:24 PM IST

‘Expect 8% growth from this year’: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated on Jul 06, 2019 08:45 AM IST

Economic Survey: Charting road map for faster growth

The spread of mobile phones in rural areas has already impacted the way the small and marginal farmers get access to information about soil health, weather and prices.
Updated on May 28, 2020 06:10 PM IST