The EU & Mexico, both among the largest US trading partners responded by calling the tariffs unfair & disruptive while pledging to continue to negotiate with the US.
During his Europe tour, the External Affairs Minister made clear India’s resolve to retaliate against future terror attacks, while also discussing bilateral ties and EU partnership.
Jaishankar’s visit is aimed to boost bilateral ties and reaffirm India’s policy of zero-tolerance against terrorism. He will hold strategic dialogues with EU Vice President Kaja Kallas.
The US president had said that he was recommending a 50% tariff to go into place on 1 June because of frustration that talks with the EU were not moving quickly enough
Representatives of EU govts in Brussels received a text of Common Understanding between Britain & EU, and the document is now being approved by all 27 EU govts, officials said.
Jaishankar’s comments on European ‘hypocrisy’ come after a conversation with EU counterpart Kaja Kallas about Pahalgam. Kallas urged India and Pakistan to ‘show restraint & pursue dialogue’.
This would be EU’s first such list & include 5 other countries. The change would see asylum seekers from these countries have their applications excluded from the process generally.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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