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Amazon, Snapdeal disagree with US counterfeit list

'We strongly disagree with the characterization of Amazon in this USTR report,' said an Amazon spokesperson.The list names Amazon India and Snapdeal along with a few other shopping complexes in India.

1 min read30 Apr 2020
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USTR's move to keep India on IP watch list could hit covid-drug access

Médecins Sans Frontières’ Access Campaign says the Special 301 Report threatens countries like India with sanctions at the behest of pharmaceutical corporations and is aimed at blocking more affordable generic versions of drugs

2 min read30 Apr 2020
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Donald Trump says US-China trade deal will be signed on 15 January

China bought $130 billion in US goods in 2017, before the trade war began, and $56 billion in services, US data showThe escalating tit-for-tat tariffs, which began in July, 2018, have roiled markets and crimped economic growth worldwide

1 min read31 Dec 2019
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India-US trade talks to restart Friday with little sign of compromise

The USTR delegation is likely to meet Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal along with key trade officialsTrump and Modi met in Osaka on the sidelines of a G20 summit in June where they agreed to build ties and sort out thorny trade issues

2 min read11 Jul 2019
Politics

US threatens new tariffs on EU goods worth $4 billion

The US Trade Representative's Office (USTR) on Monday released a supplemental list of 89 tariff sub-categoriesThe agency said that it would hold a hearing on the proposed additional tariffs on August 5

1 min read2 Jul 2019
Companies

Health ministry prepares rebuttal to USTR's counterfeit medicines report

Dismissing the report, Arun Singhal, Additional Secretary in the health ministry told Mint that the government is in the process of drafting a rebuttalIn its latest Special 301 report released by the USTR, it claimed that India and China were the leading sources of counterfeit medicines

2 min read5 May 2019
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IP protection: USTR places India on priority watch list

China and India are the leading sources of counterfeit medicines distributed globally, according to the United States Trade Representative's latest Special 301 reportIndia is “one of the world’s most challenging major economies” with respect to protection and enforcement of IP: USTR

1 min read27 Apr 2019
Politics

USTR places India on 'Priority Watch List' for IP rights violations

The US said that these countries will be the subject of increased bilateral engagement with the USTR to address IP concernsUSTR will review the developments against the benchmarks established in the Special 301 action plans

4 min read25 Apr 2019
News

New 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 2019
Companies

Apple says new China tariffs will make Apple Watch, AirPods costlier

The US will be hardest hit due to the China tariffs, and that will result in lower US growth and competitiveness and higher prices for US consumers, says Apple in a letter to the US trade representative

3 min read10 Sep 2018
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