NEW DELHI: India is steering its ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations toward securing foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments from partner countries, Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal said, signalling a strategic shift in how
NEW DELHI: India’s exports to its largest export market, the United States, have suffered a sharp reversal under the impact of aggressive tariff hikes. Between May and October 2025, shipments fell 28.5 per cent,
NEW DELHI: India’s textile and apparel industry is entering a new era of speed, transparency and global competitiveness as sweeping upgrades across the country’s logistics ecosystem begin to take hold. With the government accelerating
NEW DELHI: The central government’s recent integration of 29 laws into four streamlined Labour Codes, enabling an environment that promotes industrial efficiency while safeguarding workers’ interests, is expected to catalyse growth in India’s export
NEW DELHI: Global commodity prices are expected to fall by nearly 7 per cent in 2026, continuing a fourth straight year of decline. The fall is being linked to slower global economic growth, trade
SHILLONG: The four-day international programme featuring the APEDA Buyer–Seller Meet, 1st Northeast India Organic Week, and the 4th IFOAM World Organic Youth Summit (28 November – 1 December 2025) was formally inaugurated last Friday
LONDON : Global merchandise trade lost steam in the September quarter as the early-year surge driven by advance ordering ahead of fresh US tariffs tapered off, according to the World Trade Organisation. The WTO’s
NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, said that India has concluded balanced and equitable trade agreements with Australia, the UAE, Mauritius, the United Kingdom and the four-nation EFTA
NEW DELHI : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal observed that while India continues to be globally recognised for iconic teas such as Darjeeling, Assam, and Nilgiri, it is important for
NEW DELHI : India and Afghanistan are drawing closer once again, this time, doing so above Pakistan’s head. After months of border closures, airspace restrictions, and disrupted trade routes, New Delhi and Kabul are