Joint Statement on India – United States Trade Policy Forum
NEW DELHI : The 14th Ministerial-level meeting of the India-United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was held here, on January 12, 2024. Minister of Commerce and Industry, India,
High import duties; resisting pressure to open agri sector imp to ensure India’s food security
NEW DELHI : Maintaining high import duties on sensitive agri commodities like rice and resisting pressure to open up the domestic sector to low tariffs will be crucial for preserving
MoCI to help exporters maintain proper documentation to deal with cases
NEW DELHI : The Commerce Ministry(MoCI) has started an exercise to help Indian exporters keep proper documentation to deal with US countervailing duty cases on domestic products, an
Laptop and PC import curbs for national security : India to WTO
NEW DELHI : India has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that its decision to restrict the imports of personal computers, laptops and other IT hardware products aims
COP28 : India needs to flag misconception that exports, imports add to global carbon emissions, acco
DUBAI : This is a complete misconception that exports and imports contribute significantly to global carbon emissions and India needs to flag this issue in the discussions on
Govt should cut import tax on goods to lessen need for export schemes : GTRI
NEW DELHI : Reducing import duties on inputs and capital goods could help the government cut down the need for many of the existing export schemes, think tank GTRI
India asks WTO to work on clear definition of e-commerce trade in goods, services
GENEVA : India has asked the WTO members to work on a clear definition of e-commerce trade in goods and services as it would help provide developing countries
WTO: US calls India’s rice ban ‘Unnecessary’, India says food security priority
BERLIN : US called India’s export ban on non-basmati rice an “unnecessary trade barrier” while asking for its immediate withdrawal at the WTO agricultural committee meeting. India countered this by
India wants to levy Carbon Tax on EU’s proposed CBAM
NEW DELHI : India is mulling its own Carbon Tax, on the lines of the European Union’s proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) principles, especially for exports to
India’s exports to EU worth USD 1.3 bn to be impacted by EU’s deforestation regulation
NEW DELHI : Indian exports of products like coffee, leather hides and paperboard worth USD 1.3 billion annually to the European Union will get impacted due to the deforestation regulation adopted