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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicFree trade

Topic: Free trade

America walking away from free trade—Trump, Biden poked holes in 4 core elements since 2017

In 'Walking Out', Michal L Beeman explores America's new trade policy choices in the Asia Pacific and beyond.

Australia’s FTA with India has passed through parliament, says PM Anthony Albanese

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday announced that country's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India has passed through its Parliament. "BREAKING: Our Free...

Trade Minister Piyush Goyal says all Free Trade Agreement talks ‘on track’ with UK

Goyal, speaking hours after Liz Truss announced her resignation as Britain's PM, said India will "wait and watch" the situation following the change in British leadership.

Heard of famine wages? How British rulers’ thrift policies shaped Indian capitalism

The British govt’s management of famines saw mass deaths, underpaid work in relief camps and caste preferences.

Free trade is passé. US, Russia just made trade all about friends and foes

Is India a friend or a foe for the US? Is being antagonistic to China and Russia necessary? Compulsions of an interdependent world are making ‘foes’ into friends.

Australia makes fresh push for free trade deal, sends former PM Abbott to talk to Modi govt

Australia is planning to begin negotiations for the long-pending trade pact with India even as sticky issues concerning tariff reduction in agriculture goods remain.

India, EU put focus back on FTA, vow closer security ties under Indo-Pacific

During the virtual India-EU annual summit, Brussels and New Delhi also launch agreements on human rights and connectivity.

Kashmiris want social, economic, political changes, says EU envoy after visit

EU Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto says 27-nation bloc has taken note of developments in J&K, and is ready to discuss a standalone investment pact with New Delhi.

India must become an industrial power to be a global strategic power — US trade body chief

In an interview to ThePrint, USIBC chief Nisha Biswal says it's important for India and US to focus on deepening economic partnership and strengthening strategic gains made under Trump.

India’s RCEP exit & lure of protectionism versus creative destruction of capitalism

In episode 625 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks about what RCEP is and why India chose to stay out of it.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.