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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicTariffs

Topic: tariffs

Market forces are easing telecom tariff wars, TRAI says

Jio, which pushed its way into first place this summer with free voice calling, is raising prices just as rivals Airtel and Vodafone Idea are posting losses and selling assets to raise cash.

Bharat Petroleum grabs US crude on its way to China after tariffs kicked in

BPCL bought one or two cargoes of US crude recently diverted from its original destination of China & could buy more American oil headed there.

India is the only major Asian nation that’s growing its export share after tariff wars

India’s share of world exports rose to 1.71% in Q1 of 2019 from 1.58% in Q4 of 2017 – because it’s less integrated with global trade chains.

India to impose retaliatory tariffs on slew of American products

Bipul Chatterjee, executive director of CUTS International, says that India's move sends a signal to the US that trade relations need to be improved.

Trump plans to withdraw trade advantage to India: What’s GSP & how it will hurt exporters

ThePrint takes a look at US' Generalised System of Preferences programme, its benefits and what it means now that it may be revoked.

India indicates trade war truce with US again even as Chinese goods set to face fresh tariffs

The Trump administration is dealing with India differently by exempting it from tariffs on its steel and aluminium goods, with some conditions applied. 

The rupee is slipping, and India may wage a (trade) war to check its fall

Import tariffs and the diaspora are among the weapons India is likely to use to help the rupee, economists say.

In defence of tariff thrust, Donald Trump lashes out at India for ‘100% import duties’

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be in the US for talks with their American counterparts next week.

Why is Modi govt imposing tariff barriers when India has gained so much from free trade?

Perhaps, it is time India starts acting like a major power and does more than just paying lip service to free trade.

China accuses US of trade ‘abuses’ as India hits back at Trump

China says will hit back if the latest tariff threats from Trump materialize, while India slaps retaliatory levies on US goods.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.