New Delhi remains optimistic on growth this year and next. A recent US trade deal may lift estimates, but uncertainty looms after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs.
Ahead of US-India Interim Trade negotiations, a discussion highlights divergent views on India's economic reforms, but finds consensus that India needs partnership with US to balance China's clout.
The new 15% universal levy overrides the interim tariff framework for India, under which Trump had slashed reciprocal duties from 25 percent to 18 percent. The trade deal is on, he says.
When half of all consumers are trapped in a low-productivity agrarian economy, exposing them further to agricultural price volatility would be criminal.
The account of the India-US trade deal being a threat to India-Russia ties relies on a historically fixed and emotional understanding of India-Soviet/Russian ties.
At a time when India-US relations were at their frostiest in decades, the youngest ever American envoy to India drove into the embassy compound in a BMW with flashing blue & red lights.
FT reports on Delhi looking at Dhaka closely, new AI rules; BBC interviews Uttarakhand gym owner; AP looks at farmers protesting India-US trade deal; The Guardian revisits Indian trains.
The volume of major arms transfers has risen by 9.2% compared to 2016-2020. The increase is driven overwhelmingly by Europe’s rearming, followed by the Middle East.
Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.
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.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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