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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicTrade wars

Topic: Trade wars

World is warming up to China for trade. But India is left with just a handful of minilaterals

It seems China is able to impose itself as a critical business partner even at a time when countries have been grouping up against its increasing belligerence under Xi Jinping.

Why G7 summit is unlikely to bring about structural reforms despite host Macron’s push

3-day G7 summit is starting in France on 24 August. President Emmanuel Macron has also invited non-member countries, including India and Australia.

IMF cuts global growth forecast blaming trade wars & emerging markets stress

Risks to global growth have risen in the last three months and tilt to the downside, the IMF said on eve of its annual...

No coherent strategy in sight as guardians of global economy meet in Bali this week

Global finance chiefs meet for IMF & World Bank meetings without firepower of 2008 & with era of coordination looking like an anomaly.

Trade wars & cash crunch threaten to muzzle India’s animal spirits

Indicators compiled by Bloomberg suggest economic growth may moderate in coming months from 8 percent-plus pace in June quarter.

A Chinese actress is missing after ‘tax evasion’ & a new marathon world record

US may impose fresh tariffs on Chinese goods, and Trump's contribution to the new world order. 

Rupee plunges to all-time low of Rs 70.52 against dollar

Higher crude oil prices and dollar's strength against few overseas currencies has kept the rupee under pressure.

China may look to India for supplies amid trade war with US

India draws list of more than 40 export products to replace or capture the US trade market share with China.

Animal spirits keep India on track to become the world’s fastest growing economy, shows data

The economy is showing steady expansion, with the IMF forecasting growth of 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year through March 2019 and 7.5 per cent in the next.

Raghuram Rajan now raises warning against toxic mix on trade

The foreseer of the last global financial crisis says global growth has been strong in recent years but the concern is how long can it continue.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.