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US initiates probe into digital services taxes
The investigation will be conducted by USTR under Section 301 of its Trade Act that empowers the authority to respond to a foreign country’s action considered to be unfair or discriminatory and that negatively affects US trade
2 min read4 Jun 2020US trade negotiator hails 'remarkable' deal with China
The so-called phase one agreement announced Friday includes elements dealing with intellectual property protections, technology, currency and financial services.He said the USD 50 billion in additional purchases of American agricultural products by China is spelled out in writing in the agreement.
2 min read16 Dec 2019Piyush Goyal to meet his US counterpart on 13 Nov to seal trade package
Piyush Goyal will visit Washington to thrash out the pending issues for the proposed trade package in a meeting with his US counterpart Robert LighthizerIn October, Goyal said India and the US have agreed on the 'broad contours' of a proposed trade package
1 min read8 Nov 2019US negotiator Robert Lighthizer's free trade credentials questioned
Ambassador Lighthizer is the chief architect of US President Donald Trump’s trade policiesHe is also a trenchant critic of China’s trade policies
3 min read8 Aug 2019New WTO rules may favour the US, denying India policy space
USTR Robert Lighthizer working with WTO director-general to rewrite the organization’s rulebook US declared that developing nations can’t avail of special and differential treatment (S&DT)
2 min read25 Mar 2019US expects immediate action from China on trade deal
None of the commitments part of the US-China trade deal struck at G20 meeting in Buenos Aires were agreed to in writing and specifics had yet to be hammered out
3 min read4 Dec 2018Roadblocks remain as US-Canada NAFTA talks go down to the wire
With the US deadline to get an agreement by Friday, there were reports the sides were struggling to find compromise on the NAFTA mechanism for resolving trade disputes and on Canada's managed dairy market
3 min read31 Aug 2018GM seeks tariff exemption to keep China-made SUV on US market
General Motors asked the Trump administration to exclude its China-built Buick Envision from import tariffs, saying they would harm the company's ability to compete in the US luxury SUV market
1 min read3 Aug 2018US, China in ‘very good conversation’ on Trade, says Steven Mnuchin
The closed-door discussions between President Donald Trump's economic team and officials in Beijing began on Thursday and are scheduled to run through Friday
4 min read4 May 2018These six issues are key to trade peace for the US and China
President Donald Trump has sent his top economic advisers to China to discuss trade. Here's an overview of some of the big issues on which they disagree
4 min read3 May 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared