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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicIndia-US trade deal

Topic: India-US trade deal

New GDP series may lift FY growth to 7.6%, above govt’s 7.4% estimate

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.

Global funds return to India as stabilising corporate earnings, US trade deal lift outlook

Global funds have bought nearly $2.1 billion of local shares so far in February, putting inflows on track for the strongest since June.

Is this India’s ‘1991 moment’ for economic reforms? Trump’s tariffs spark debate

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.

What US’ new 150-day 15% duty, after US Supreme Court’s rejection of Trump tariffs, means for India

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.

Has Modi forgotten India’s farmers? India-US trade deal hurts Atmanirbharta for pulses

When half of all consumers are trapped in a low-productivity agrarian economy, exposing them further to agricultural price volatility would be criminal.

India-US deal doesn’t spell doom for Russia ties. Our relationship is stronger than that

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.

India’s outward-looking trade policy has an inward-looking problem

India seeks export-driven growth and deeper integration into global value chains but a more challenging question is rarely addressed.

Trump theatre diplomacy, T20 & mother of all trade deals—Sergio Gor’s 1st month as US envoy

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.

Global media on why Delhi is ‘invested’ in Bangladesh polls & ‘secular India’s icon Muhammed Deepak’

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.

India must treat US trade deal as a temporary reprieve. It is not for keeps

Trump cannot be relied on to understand India’s sensitivities, especially on our long-standing relationship with Russia.

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.