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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicForeign trade policy

Topic: foreign trade policy

Harley-Davidson shows India needs Tariff Commission. PMO is calling the shots now

India needs a transparent, institutional mechanism to look at both the short and long-term implications of tariffs. A nation must also protect domestic manufacturing.

DGFT mandates consultations before policy changes, stakeholders to have say in foreign trade policies

This initiative underscores the government's commitment to improving the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in India by encouraging active participation in policy decisions.

SubscriberWrites: India’s new foreign trade policy will amp up exports, initiate integration of digital schemes

A greater share of India in international trade will enable the larger foreign policy goals of India and its ambitions, writes Hritik Bhasin.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.